| Composition: Understanding Line, Notan and Color Contributor(s): Dow, Arthur Wesley (Author) |
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ISBN: 048646007X ISBN-13: 9780486460079 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: A mentor to Georgia O'Keeffe, Dow literally "wrote the book" on composition. First published in 1899, this manual influenced generations of teachers and students. Relevant to all of the visual arts, it employs a workbook format to impart principles regarding harmonic relations between lines, color, and dark and light patterns. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Drawing - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) |
| Dewey: 741.2 |
| LCCN: 2007014042 |
| Series: Dover Art Instruction |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.3" W x 10.9" (0.95 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the turn of the twentieth century, Arthur Wesley Dow literally "wrote the book" on composition--and this is it Dow's Composition exercised an enormous influence on emerging modern artists of a century ago. A thought-provoking examination of the nature of visual representation, it remains ever-relevant to all the visual arts. A well-known painter and printmaker, Dow taught for many years at Columbia University and acted as a mentor to countless young artists, including Georgia O'Keeffe. His text, presented in a workbook format, offers teachers and students a systematic approach to composition. It explores the creation of freely constructed images based on harmonic relations between lines, colors, and dark and light patterns. The author draws upon the traditions of Japanese art to discuss a theory of "flat" formal equilibrium as an essential component of pictorial creation. Practical and well-illustrated, this classic guide offers valuable insights into modern design. |