[Gutenberg 26638] • Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Poore, Henry Rankin -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Preface Preface to Second Edition Preface to Tenth Edition Contents Illustrations PART I

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II - THE SCIENTIFIC SENSE IN PICTURES 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.

CHAPTER IV - EVOLVING THE PICTURE CHAPTER V - ENTRANCE AND EXIT

GETTING INTO THE PICTURE GETTING OUT OF THE PICTURE

CHAPTER VI - THE CIRCULAR OBSERVATION OF PICTURES

CIRCULAR COMPOSITION RECONSTRUCTION FOR CIRCULAR OBSERVATION.

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

CHAPTER VIII - THE COMPOSITION OF ONE, TWO, THREE AND MORE UNITS

THE FIGURE IN LANDSCAPE

CHAPTER IX - GROUPS CHAPTER X - LIGHT AND SHADE

PRINCIPALITY BY EMPHASIS, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRAST. GRADATION

EQUIVALENTS CHAPTER XI - THE PLACE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN FINE ART

PART II - THE ÆSTHETICS OF COMPOSITION

CHAPTER XII - BREADTH VERSUS DETAIL

SUGGESTIVENESS. MYSTERY. SIMPLICITY. RESERVE. RELIEF. FINISH.

PART III - THE CRITICAL JUDGEMENT OF PICTURES

CHAPTER XIII - THE MAN IN ART CHAPTER XIV - SPECIFIC QUALITIES AND FAULTS CHAPTER XV - THE PICTURE SENSE CHAPTER XVI - COLOR, HARMONY, TONE

VALUES.

CHAPTER XVII - ENVELOPMENT AND COLOR PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER XVIII - THE BIAS OF JUDGMENT CHAPTER XIX - THE LIVING PRINCIPLE

APPENDIX

The Concept The Procedure Design Line The Vertical The Horizontal The Diagonal Principality and Sacrifice The Dominant Idea Harmony The Must Be's and May Be's of Composition Perspective Balance Color Tone Quality Don'ts

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