Composition

by Dow, Arthur W.; Masheck, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780520207493
• ISBN10: 0520207491
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was a painter, printmaker, and writer, much influenced by Japanese art. Although known as mentor to Georgia O'Keeffe and Max Weber, Dow's legacy as a proponent of modern art has been neglected. His COMPOSITION, first published in 1899, teaches students to create freely constructed images on the basis of harmonic relations between lines, colors, and dark and light patterns. 8 color and 150 bandw illustrations.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	1
Joseph Masheck
Color Illustrations (Nos. 8, 9, 63-69)	Following Page 90
BEGINNINGS	63	(4)
THE THREE ELEMENTS	67	(6)
I. Line, Notan, Color	67	(6)
LINE DRAWING	73	(6)
II. Japanese materials and brush practice	73	(2)
Lines by Masters	75
Brush drawings	77,156,159
PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION	79	(12)
III. Ways of creating harmony	79	(12)
Opposition	79	(1)
Transition	80	(1)
Subordination	81	(1)
Repetition	82	(4)
Symmetry	86	(5)
LINE	91	(22)
IV. Composition in Squares and Circles	91	(6)
V. Composition in Rectangles--Variation	97	(6)
Pottery forms	101, 102	(1)
VI. Landscape Composition	103	(6)
VII. Composition in Representation	109	(4)
NOTAN	113	(48)
VIII. Harmony-building with Dark-and-Light	113	(6)
IX. Two Values, Variations--Design	119	(10)
Flower compositions	122	(5)
Textile patterns and rugs	127	(2)
X. Two Values, Landscape and Pictures	129	(6)
Spotting, Notan of Pictures	130	(3)
Sketches from Nature	133	(2)
XI. Two Values--Gothic Sculpture, Japanese Design books, Applications of two values	135	(8)
XII. Three Values	143	(6)
Landscape and pictures	144	(1)
Applications, three values	145	(4)
XIII. More than three values	149	(12)
Illustration	150	(1)
Etching	150	(1)
Pen Drawing	150	(5)
Pencil Sketching	155	(1)
Ink Painting	156	(5)
COLOR	161	(12)
XIV. Color Theory	161	(6)
Hue	162	(1)
Notan of Color	163	(1)
Intensity	164	(3)
XV. Color derived from Notan	167	(2)
XVI. Color schemes from Japanese prints and from textiles	169	(4)
Application to design	170	(1)
Copying color from textiles	171	(2)
COMPOSITION	173	(4)
XVII. In Design and Painting	173	(4)
Wood Block Printing	173	(1)
on paper	174	(1)
on cloth	174	(1)
Picture Printing	174	(1)
Stencilling	175	(1)
Colored Charcoal	176	(1)
Painting in full color	176	(1)
Conclusion	177