Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures

About this eBook

Author

Poore, Henry Rankin, 1859-1940

Language

English

LoC Class

NC: Fine Arts: Drawing, Design, Illustration

Subject

Composition (Art)

Category

Text

eBook-No.

26638

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26638

Release Date

September 16, 2008

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Preface — Preface to Second Edition — Preface to Tenth Edition — Contents — Illustrations — PART I
2. 2.CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY
3. 3.CHAPTER II - THE SCIENTIFIC SENSE IN PICTURES
4. 4.CHAPTER III - BALANCE — BALANCE OF THE STEELYARD. — POSTULATES — VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BALANCE. — THE NATURAL AXIS — APPARENT OR FORMAL BALANCE. — BALANCE BY OPPOSITION OF LINE. — BALANCE BY OPPOSITION OF SPOTS. — TRANSITION OF LINE. — BALANCE BY GRADATION — BALANCE OF PRINCIPALITY OR ISOLATION — BALANCE OF CUBICAL SPACE.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV - EVOLVING THE PICTURE
6. 6.CHAPTER V - ENTRANCE AND EXIT — GETTING INTO THE PICTURE — GETTING OUT OF THE PICTURE
7. 7.CHAPTER VI - THE CIRCULAR OBSERVATION OF PICTURES — CIRCULAR COMPOSITION — RECONSTRUCTION FOR CIRCULAR OBSERVATION.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII - ANGULAR COMPOSITION, THE LINE OF BEAUTY AND THE RECTANGLE — The Triangle. — THE VERTICAL LINE IN ANGULAR COMPOSITION — ANGULAR COMPOSITION BASED ON THE HORIZONTAL — THE LINE OF BEAUTY. — THE RECTANGLE — LINE
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII - THE COMPOSITION OF ONE, TWO, THREE AND MORE UNITS — THE FIGURE IN LANDSCAPE
10. 10.CHAPTER IX - GROUPS
11. 11.CHAPTER X - LIGHT AND SHADE — PRINCIPALITY BY EMPHASIS, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRAST. — GRADATION
12. 12.EQUIVALENTS
13. 13.CHAPTER XI - THE PLACE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN FINE ART — PART II - THE ÆSTHETICS OF COMPOSITION
14. 14.CHAPTER XII - BREADTH VERSUS DETAIL — SUGGESTIVENESS. — MYSTERY. — SIMPLICITY. — RESERVE. — RELIEF. — FINISH. — PART III - THE CRITICAL JUDGEMENT OF PICTURES
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII - THE MAN IN ART
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV - SPECIFIC QUALITIES AND FAULTS
17. 17.CHAPTER XV - THE PICTURE SENSE
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI - COLOR, HARMONY, TONE — VALUES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII - ENVELOPMENT AND COLOR PERSPECTIVE
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII - THE BIAS OF JUDGMENT
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX - THE LIVING PRINCIPLE — APPENDIX
22. 22.The Concept
23. 23.The Procedure
24. 24.Design
25. 25.Line
26. 26.The Vertical
27. 27.The Horizontal
28. 28.The Diagonal
29. 29.Principality and Sacrifice
30. 30.The Dominant Idea
31. 31.Harmony
32. 32.The Must Be's and May Be's of Composition
33. 33.Perspective
34. 34.Balance
35. 35.Color
36. 36.Tone
37. 37.Quality
38. 38.Don'ts

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