Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers - Softcover

Dow, Arthur Wesley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692639225 ISBN 13: 9780692639221

Publisher: Loki's Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Arthur Wesley Dow was an American painter, printmaker, photographer, and influential arts educator. He taught many of America's leading artists and craftspeople, including Georgia O'Keeffe, two of the Overbeck Sisters and the Byrdcliffe Colony. Dow was largely inspired by Japanese art to this work on Compositionn.

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From the Inside Flap

"Composition is a great classic that had immense influence on thinking about art during the first decades of the twentieth century; it is still a challenging statement about the nature of effective visual representation, and it remains of special interest to students of the history of art."—Richard Shiff, University of Texas, Austin

About the Author

Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was a painter, printmaker, and writer. He chaired the Department of Fine Arts at Teachers College of Columbia University from 1904 until his death. Joseph Masheck is a well-known art critic and Professor of Art History at Hofstra University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Loki's Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0692639225
• ISBN 13: 9780692639221
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 122