The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, The New Version - Hardcover

Arnheim, Rudolf

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520062418 ISBN 13: 9780520062412

Publisher: University of California Press, 1988

Synopsis

Using a wealth of examples, Arnheim considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture.

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About the Author

Rudolf Arnheim is Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University. For many years he was a member of the Psychology Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, and he spent his last ten academic years at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where he now lives.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520062418
• ISBN 13: 9780520062412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256