Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures

by Henry Rankin Poore

Contents

• [Preface]
• [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 VERTICAL LINE IN ANGULAR COMPOSITION]
• [ANGULAR COMPOSITION BASED ON THE HORIZONTAL]
• [THE LINE OF BEAUTY.]
• [THE RECTANGLE]
• [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]
• [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 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]

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