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Composition: A Series of Exercises In Art Structure [Full Color Facsimile of Revised and Enlarged Edition]

Composition: A Series of Exercises In Art Structure [Full Color Facsimile of Revised and Enlarged Edition]

Dow, Arthur Wesley

Paperback

Art Criticism & TheoryDrawing InstructionGeneral Art

ISBN10: 1684221315
ISBN13: 9781684221318
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: Jul 24 2017
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.37 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

2017 Reprint of 1929 Revised and Enlarged Edition. PRINTED IN FULL COLOR as an exact facsimile of the original revised edition of 1929, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Dow was a very influencial art teacher around the turn of the 19th century, teaching at the Pratt Institute, the New York Art Students League, and Columbia University Teachers College. His ideas were quite revolutionary for the period; he taught that rather than copying nature, art should be created by elements of the composition, like line, mass and color. He wanted public leaders to see art as a living force in everyday life for all, not a sort of traditional ornament for the few. Dow suggested that art permit self-expression and include personal experience in its creation. His ideas on Art were published in the 1899 book Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers. In this book he explains that

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