Composition /

by Arthur W. Dow

Contents

• [BEGINNINGS]
• [THE THREE ELEMENTS]
• [I. LINE—NOTAN—COLOR]
• [LINE DRAWING]
• [II.—JAPANESE MATERIALS AND BRUSH PRACTICE]
• [PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION]
• [III.—WAYS OF CREATING HARMONY]
• [LINE]
• [IV.—COMPOSITION IN SQUARES AND CIRCLES]
• [V.—COMPOSITION IN RECTANGLES—VARIATION]
• [VI.—LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION]
• [VII.—COMPOSITION IN REPRESENTATION]
• [NOTAN]
• [VIII.—HARMONY-BUILDING WITH DARK-AND-LIGHT]
• [IX.—TWO VALUES—VARIATIONS—DESIGN]
• [X.—TWO VALUES—LANDSCAPE AND PICTURES]
• [XI.—TWO VALUES—GOTHIC SCULPTURE JAPANESE DESIGN BOOKS. APPLICATIONS OF TWO VALUES]
• [XII.—THREE VALUES]
• [XIII.—MORE THAN THREE VALUES]
• [COLOR]
• [XIV.—COLOR THEORY]
• [XV.—COLOR DERIVED FROM NOTAN]
• [XVI.—COLOR SCHEMES FROM JAPANESE PRINTS AND FROM TEXTILES]
• [COMPOSITION]
• [XVII.—IN DESIGN AND PAINTING]
• [CONCLUSION]

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