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A Child's Guide to Pictures

A Child's Guide to Pictures

by Charles H. Caffin

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Author
Caffin, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1854-1918
Credits
Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
ND: Fine Arts: Painting
Subject
Painting -- Study and teaching -- Juvenile literature
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 59040
Release Date
March 9, 2019
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A CHILD’S GUIDE TO PICTURES
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS — A CHILD’S GUIDE TO PICTURES
  4. 4.CHAPTER I THE FEELING FOR BEAUTY
  5. 5.CHAPTER II ART AND HER TWIN SISTER, NATURE A Work of Art is Distinguished by Selection
  6. 6.CHAPTER III NATURE IS HAPHAZARD: ART IS ARRANGEMENT
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV CONTRAST
  8. 8.CHAPTER V GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION ( Continued )
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII THE ACTION, MOVEMENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE FIGURE
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII THE CLASSIC LANDSCAPE
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX NATURALISTIC COMPOSITION
  13. 13.CHAPTER X NATURALISTIC COMPOSITION ( Continued )
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI THE NATURALISTIC LANDSCAPE
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII FORM AND COLOR
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII COLOR
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV COLOR ( Continued )—VALUES—SUBTLETY
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV COLOR ( Continued )—TEXTURE, ATMOSPHERE, TONE
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI COLOR ( Continued )—TONE
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII BRUSH-WORK AND DRAWING
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII SUBJECT, MOTIVE, AND POINT OF VIEW

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