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

After twelve years Pictorial Composition continues with a steady demand. Through the English house it has become “a standard” in the British Isles and finds a market in India and Australia.

At the request of a few artists of Holland it has been translated and will shortly be issued in Dutch.

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