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Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures

Henry Rankin Poore

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Preface Preface to Second Edition Preface to Tenth Edition Illustrations

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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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1. Front matter 2. Preface 3. Preface to Second Edition 4. Preface to Tenth Edition 5. Illustrations 6. PART I 7. CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY 8. CHAPTER II - THE SCIENTIFIC SENSE IN PICTURES 9. CHAPTER III - BALANCE 10. CHAPTER IV - EVOLVING THE PICTURE 11. CHAPTER V - ENTRANCE AND EXIT 12. CHAPTER VI - THE CIRCULAR OBSERVATION OF PICTURES 13. CHAPTER VII - ANGULAR COMPOSITION, THE LINE OF BEAUTY AND THE RECTANGLE 14. CHAPTER VIII - THE COMPOSITION OF ONE, TWO, THREE AND MORE UNITS 15. CHAPTER IX - GROUPS 16. CHAPTER X - LIGHT AND SHADE 17. EQUIVALENTS 18. CHAPTER XI - THE PLACE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN FINE ART 19. CHAPTER XII - BREADTH VERSUS DETAIL 20. PART III - THE CRITICAL JUDGEMENT OF PICTURES 21. CHAPTER XIII - THE MAN IN ART 22. CHAPTER XIV - SPECIFIC QUALITIES AND FAULTS 23. CHAPTER XV - THE PICTURE SENSE 24. CHAPTER XVI - COLOR, HARMONY, TONE 25. CHAPTER XVII - ENVELOPMENT AND COLOR PERSPECTIVE 26. CHAPTER XVIII - THE BIAS OF JUDGMENT 27. CHAPTER XIX - THE LIVING PRINCIPLE 28. APPENDIX 29. The Concept 30. The Procedure 31. Design 32. Line 33. The Vertical 34. The Horizontal 35. The Diagonal 36. Principality and Sacrifice 37. The Dominant Idea 38. Harmony 39. The Must Be's and May Be's of Composition 40. Perspective 41. Balance 42. Color 43. Tone 44. Quality 45. Don'ts

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