A Theory of Pure Design Harmony, Balance, Rhythm

About this eBook

Author

Ross, Denman Waldo, 1853-1935

Title

A theory of pure design : harmony, balance, rhythm

Original Publication

United States: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1907.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

NC: Fine Arts: Drawing, Design, Illustration

Subject

Design

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74765

Release Date

November 20, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A THEORY OF PURE DESIGN Harmony, Balance, Rhythm
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION — THE MEANING OF DESIGN — THE ORDER OF HARMONY — THE ORDER OF BALANCE — THE ORDER OF RHYTHM — BEAUTY A SUPREME INSTANCE OF ORDER — THE ARTS AS DIFFERENT MODES OF EXPRESSION — THE ART OF DRAWING AND PAINTING — TWO MODES OF DRAWING AND PAINTING — PURE DESIGN — APPLICATIONS OF DESIGN — REPRESENTATION — REPRESENTATION IN FORMS OF DESIGN
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.POSITIONS — DEFINITION OF POSITIONS — POSITIONS DETERMINED BY DIRECTIONS AND DISTANCES — DIRECTIONS — DISTANCES — POSITIONS DETERMINED BY TRIANGULATIONS — INTERVALS — SCALE IN RELATIONS OF POSITIONS — THE ORDER OF HARMONY — THE ORDER OF BALANCE — THE ORDER OF RHYTHM — ATTITUDES — THE ORDER OF HARMONY IN ATTITUDES — THE ORDER OF BALANCE IN ATTITUDES — THE ORDER OF RHYTHM IN ATTITUDES
7. 7.LINES — DEFINITION OF LINES — CHANGES OF DIRECTION IN LINES — Angles — Curves — DIFFERENCES OF SCALE IN LINES — DIFFERENCES OF ATTRACTION IN LINES — THE ORDER OF HARMONY IN LINES — THE ORDER OF BALANCE IN LINES — THE ORDER OF RHYTHM IN LINES — ATTITUDES — THE ORDER OF HARMONY IN THE ATTITUDES OF LINES — THE ORDER OF BALANCE IN THE ATTITUDES OF LINES — THE ORDER OF RHYTHM IN THE ATTITUDES OF LINES — THE COMPOSITION OF LINES — HARMONY IN THE COMPOSITION OF LINES — BALANCE IN THE COMPOSITION OF LINES — RHYTHM IN THE COMPOSITION OF LINES — THE COMPOSITION OF VARIOUS LINES
8. 8.OUTLINES — DEFINITION OF OUTLINES — HARMONY, BALANCE, AND RHYTHM IN OUTLINES — INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF AN OUTLINE — HARMONY IN THE INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF AN OUTLINE — THE ATTITUDES OF OUTLINES — THE ARRANGEMENT AND COMPOSITION OF OUTLINES — AREAS — LINEAR AREAS — THE ARRANGEMENT AND COMPOSITION OF AREAS
9. 9.TONES AND TONE-RELATIONS — THE PROCESS OF PAINTING AS DISTINGUISHED FROM DRAWING — DEFINITION OF THE WORD TONE — TONE-ANALYSIS,—VALUE, COLOR, INTENSITY, NEUTRALITY — STUDY OF TONES AND TONE-RELATIONS — PIGMENT-MATERIALS — THE SCALE OF VALUES — CONTRASTS OF THE SCALE OF VALUES — DEFINITION OF VALUE-RELATIONS — SCALES OF COLORS IN DIFFERENT VALUES — DEFINITION OF THE COLOR-TERMS — COLOR-INTENSITIES IN DIFFERENT VALUES — TONES OF THE SPECTRUM AND OF PIGMENTS — THE SPECTRUM SEQUENCE AND THE CIRCUIT OF THE COLORS — THE COMPLEMENTARIES — A GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF TONES — COLOR-INTENSITIES AND COLOR-NEUTRALIZATIONS — THE DEFINITION OF PARTICULAR TONES — THE CLASSIFICATION OF TONES NECESSARILY THEORETICAL — THE DEFINITION OF PARTICULAR TONE-RELATIONS
10. 10.SEQUENCES OF VALUES AND COLORS
11. 11.TONE-HARMONY
12. 12.TONE-BALANCE
13. 13.TONE-RHYTHM
14. 14.COMPOSITION
15. 15.THE STUDY OF ORDER IN NATURE AND IN WORKS OF ART
16. 16.CONCLUSION
17. 17.PARAGRAPH INDEX
18. 18.Untitled

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