Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures

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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

Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures

A Handbook for Students and Lovers of Art

By H. R. Poore

New York and London

G. P. Putnam's Sons

1903

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It is with sincere pleasure that I dedicate this book to my first teacher, Peter Moran, as an acknowledgment to the interest he inspired in this important subject