Abstraction in Art and Nature by Hale, Nathan Cabot -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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DOVER BOOKS ON ART INSTRUCTION Title Page Dedication Copyright Page Introduction to the Dover Edition Acknowledgments Table of Contents List of Illustrations from the Masters 1. The Meaning of Abstraction

EVOLUTION OF ABSTRACTION LEARNING THE ABSTRACT LANGUAGE WORDS VS. IMAGES A STUDY PROGRAM AND MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED

2. Line

DOES LINE EXIST? LINES ARE NOT LINES STICK FIGURES EXPRESSIVE USE OF LINE FOUR ORDERS OF LINE LINES OF GRAVITY AND LEVITATION SUN AND EARTH: LIGHT LINES AND DARK LINES LINE AS MOVEMENT AND TIME LINEAR FORMS LINE FORMS BASED ON THE CURVE LINE FORMS BASED ON THE STRAIGHT LINE COSMIC LINES STREAMING LINES LINES OF GROWTH AND STRUCTURE FORMATION LINES OF BREAK, FRACTURE, AND SHEAR LINES OF EROSION AND DECLINE

3. Form, Shape, and Mass

OUR INSTINCTIVE SENSE OF GEOMETRY GOING BEYOND GEOMETRY CATEGORIES OF FORM IN NATURE FORMS OF ENERGY FIELDS AERIAL AND ATMOSPHERIC FORMS CLOUD FORMS WATER AND LIQUID FORMS SOLIDS AND EARTH FORMS HOW WE SEE THE EARTH CRYSTALS: A CLOSE VIEW ROCKS AND BOULDERS LARGER AND FARTHER EARTH FORMS PLANT FORMS FORMS OF ORGANISMS FORMS OF DISINTEGRATION, DECAY, AND DEATH

4. Pattern

COSMIC PATTERNS WEATHER AND ATMOSPHERIC PATTERNS WATER PATTERNS PATTERNS OF EARTH FORMS PATTERNS IN PLANTS PATTERNS OF BRANCHING PATTERNS OF LEAVES PATTERNS OF PLANT GROWTH EFFECTS OF PLANTS ON ONE ANOTHER PATTERNS OF LIVING CREATURES PATTERNS OF FISH FORMS PATTERNS OF BIRDS PATTERNS OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS PATTERNS OF HUMAN FORM

5. Space, Proportion, Scale, and Perspective

INNER DEPTH INNER PROPORTION PROPORTION SCALE AND SPACE PLANES INTO SPACE VISUAL ORGANIZATION NATURAL PERSPECTIVE—THE VISUAL CONE NATURAL PERSPECTIVE—THE VIEWPOINT NATURAL PERSPECTIVE-PARALLEL LINES NATURAL PERSPECTIVE-VANISHING POINTS FORESHORTENING SOME FINAL REMARKS ON PERSPECTIVE

6. Light and Darkness, Black and White

DAYLIGHT SEASONAL ALTERATIONS OF DAYLIGHT HOW WEATHER ALTERS DAYLIGHT NIGHTLIGHT FIRELIGHT CANDLELIGHT ELECTRIC LIGHT VS. NATURAL LIGHT DARKNESS LUMINOSITY IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS ATMOSPHERIC LUMINOSITY LIGHTNING MEASURABLE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW BRILLIANCE INTENSITY OF LIGHT DIRECTION OF LIGHT RAYS REFLECTED LIGHT CAST SHADOWS LIGHT EFFECTS ON OBJECTS WITH PLANE SIDES LIGHT EFFECTS ON CURVED SURFACES COMPOSITIONAL USES OF BLACK AND WHITE SILHOUETTES LIGHT AND DARK LINES ENGRAVERS’ LINES REVERSES AND SHIFTS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS PLANES AND GRADATIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT AND DARK LIGHT AND DARKNESS IN PLANES OF SPACE

7. The Color Expressions of Nature

OUR INNER SENSE OF COLOR AFTER-IMAGE COLOR PROGRESSION PERSONAL COLOR SENSE LOGIC OF PAINTS AND PIGMENTS BLENDS AND GRADATIONS CAUSED BY LIGHT AND SHADOW TINTING AND SHADING COLORS COMPLEMENTARY COLOR VS. AFTER-IMAGE COLOR PROGRESSION OPACITY AND TRANSPARENCY TWO OPPOSING GROUPS OF COLOR INTERACTION BETWEEN COLORS MOMENTARY STATES OF COLOR PRISMATIC COLORS, CORONAS, AND THE RAINBOW COSMIC COLOR ATMOSPHERIC COLOR COLOR OF WATER AND LIQUIDS EARTH COLORS ROCK AND MINERAL COLORS PLANT WORLD COLORS FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND VEGETABLES COLOR IN ANIMALS COLOR IN FISH COLOR IN INSECTS COLOR IN REPTILES COLOR IN BIRDS COLOR IN MAMMALS COLORS OF HUMAN BEINGS AFRO-INDIAN PEOPLE ORIENTAL PEOPLE WESTERN EUROPEANS COLOR RESONANCE AND HARMONY

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