Composition
A series of exercises in art structure for the use of students and teachers
By Arthur Wesley Dow
Professor of Fine Arts in Teachers College, Columbia University New York City
Formerly Instructor in Art at the Pratt Institute
Author of Theory and Practice of Teaching Art and The Ipswich Prints
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]