The power of the center: a study of composition in the visual arts. (Presentation copy, signed by Arnheim and dated 1982.)

ARNHEIM, Rudolf (1904-2007):

ISBN 10: 0520044266 / ISBN 13: 9780520044265

Published by Berkeley, etc.: University of California Press, 1982., 1982

About this Item

Prsentation copy of the First Edition, inscribed: 'To Katharine White/gratefully/Rudolf Arnheim/Sept. 82/Boston'. xii, 227, [1] pp; 149 figs. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped).

Seller Inventory # 18093

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The power of the center: a study of composition in the visual arts. (Presentation copy, signed by Arnheim and dated 1982.)
• Publisher: Berkeley, etc.: University of California Press, 1982.
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520044266
• ISBN 13: 9780520044265
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

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.

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.