Pictorial Composition (Composition in Art) (Dover Art Instruction) Paper back - 1976
by Henry Rankin Poore
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- Title Pictorial Composition (Composition in Art) (Dover Art Instruction)
- Author Henry Rankin Poore
- Binding Paper Back
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 104
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
- Date June 1976
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 285771
- ISBN 9780486233581 / 0486233588
- Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 10.93 x 8.18 x 0.3 in (27.76 x 20.78 x 0.76 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Composition (Art), Art criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 76010908
- Dewey Decimal Code 701.8
From the rear cover
A painting's technique, color, and perspective may all be excellent, yet the painting will fail unless its composition succeeds. Composition is the harmonious arranging of the component parts of a work of art into a unified whole. Henry Poore examines the works of old masters and moderns in this book and uses these examples to explain the principles of compositions in art.
All the paintings that the author analyzes are illustrated in the text--166 illustrations, including 9 in full color. Thirty-two diagrams by the author accompany his textural discussion of such topics as the importance of balance, entrance and exit, circular observation, angular composition, composition with one or more units, and light and shade. Balance is the most important of these topics, and it is considered in the greatest detail--balance of the steelyard, vertical and horizontal balance, and so on. A complete index enables the reader to locate his own specific areas of interest.
To see how a painting by Czanne, Goya, or Hopper, for example, follows definite principles of composition allows the practicing artist or art student to learn composition from the finest instructors--the artists themselves. This book is also very useful to the art devotee, who will find his appreciation of the subject greatly enhanced.
