The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, 20th Anniversary Edition

Rudolf Arnheim

ISBN 10: 0520261267 / ISBN 13: 9780520261266

Published by University of California Press, 2009

About this Item

2009. 3rd Revised edition. Paperback. Using many examples, this title considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Num Pages: 250 pages, 95 b/w photographs, 62 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364. A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts. 250 pages, Illustrations. Using many examples, this title considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 368. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts, 20th Anniversary Edition
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520261267
• ISBN 13: 9780520261266
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

What determines the overall organization of visual form in the works of painting, sculpture, and architecture? Artists have sometimes ventured practical rules of thumb, and mathematicians have looked for formulas that would prescribe ideal spatial relations between shapes. This companion to Rudolf Arnheim's classic, Art and Visual Perception, shows how compositional form makes sense only when it utilizes visual symbols of the life experience that makes art meaningful.

About the Author

Rudolf Arnheim (1904—2007) was Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sarah Lawrence College. He was author of many books, including Art and Visual Perception, Film as Art, and Visual Thinking.