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Pictorial Composition

by Henry Rankin Poore

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Preface to Second Edition
  3. 3Preface to Tenth Edition
  4. 4Part I — Chapter I — Introductory
  5. 5Chapter II — The Scientific Sense in Pictures
  6. 6Chapter III — Balance
  7. 7Chapter IV — Evolving the Picture
  8. 8Chapter V — Entrance and Exit
  9. 9Chapter VI — The Circular Observation of Pictures
  10. 10Chapter VII — Angular Composition, the Line of Beauty and the Recta…
  11. 11Chapter VIII — The Composition of One, Two, Three and More Units
  12. 12Chapter IX — Groups
  13. 13Chapter X — Light and Shade
  14. 14Chapter XI — The Place of Photography in Fine Art
  15. 15Part II | The Æsthetics of Composition
  16. 16Part III — The Critical Judgement of Pictures
  17. 17Chapter XIII — The Man in Art
  18. 18Chapter XIV — Specific Qualities and Faults
  19. 19Chapter XV — The Picture Sense
  20. 20Chapter XVI — Color, Harmony, Tone
  21. 21Chapter XVII — Envelopment and Color Perspective
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — The Bias of Judgment
  23. 23Chapter XIX — The Living Principle
  24. 24Appendix — The Concept
  25. 25The Procedure
  26. 26Design
  27. 27Line
  28. 28The Vertical
  29. 29The Horizontal
  30. 30The Diagonal
  31. 31Principality and Sacrifice
  32. 32The Dominant Idea
  33. 33Harmony — The Must Be’s and May Be’s of Composition
  34. 34Perspective
  35. 35Balance
  36. 36Color
  37. 37Tone
  38. 38Quality
  39. 39Don’ts

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