Composition by Arthur Dow

About this eBook

Author

Dow, Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley), 1857-1922

Title

Composition A series of exercises in art structure for the use of students and teachers

Language

English

LoC Class

N: Fine Arts

Subject

Art -- Study and teaching

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45410

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45410

Release Date

April 15, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Contents — ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — BEGINNINGS — THE THREE ELEMENTS
2. 2.I. LINE—NOTAN—COLOR — LINE DRAWING
3. 3.II.—JAPANESE MATERIALS AND BRUSH PRACTICE — EXERCISE — PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION
4. 4.III.—WAYS OF CREATING HARMONY — PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION — EXERCISE — EXERCISE — EXERCISE — LINE
5. 5.IV.—COMPOSITION IN SQUARES AND CIRCLES — APPLICATIONS
6. 6.V.—COMPOSITION IN RECTANGLES—VARIATION — EXERCISE — EXAMPLES OF RECTANGULAR DESIGN. — EXERCISE — EXERCISE
7. 7.VI.—LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION — EXERCISE — PICTURES COMPOSED ON RECTANGULAR LINES. — LANDSCAPE ARRANGEMENT,—VARIATION. — EXERCISE
8. 8.VII.—COMPOSITION IN REPRESENTATION — NON-REPRESENTATIVE — REPRESENTATIVE — NOTAN
9. 9.VIII.—HARMONY-BUILDING WITH DARK-AND-LIGHT — EXERCISE
10. 10.IX.—TWO VALUES—VARIATIONS—DESIGN — METHOD OF STUDY. — EXERCISE — FLOWER COMPOSITIONS TWO VALUES — EXERCISE — TEXTILE PATTERNS AND RUGS TWO VALUES — EXERCISE
11. 11.X.—TWO VALUES—LANDSCAPE AND PICTURES — EXERCISE — SPOTTING,—NOTAN OF PICTURES. — ORIGINAL PICTORIAL COMPOSITION IN TWO VALUES.
12. 12.XI.—TWO VALUES—GOTHIC SCULPTURE JAPANESE DESIGN BOOKS. APPLICATIONS OF TWO VALUES — JAPANESE DESIGN BOOKS — APPLICATIONS of NOTAN of TWO VALUES
13. 13.XII.—THREE VALUES — EXERCISE — THREE GRAYS, A SCALE — LANDSCAPE AND PICTURES — APPLICATIONS, THREE VALUES
14. 14.XIII.—MORE THAN THREE VALUES — EXERCISE — ILLUSTRATION — ETCHING — PEN DRAWING — PENCIL SKETCHING — INK PAINTING — COLOR
15. 15.XIV.—COLOR THEORY — EXERCISES
16. 16.XV.—COLOR DERIVED FROM NOTAN — EXERCISE — HARMONY
17. 17.XVI.—COLOR SCHEMES FROM JAPANESE PRINTS AND FROM TEXTILES — COMPOSITION
18. 18.XVII.—IN DESIGN AND PAINTING — WOOD BLOCK PRINTING — CONCLUSION
19. 19.THE END

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