Painter's Secret Geometry (eBook)

A Study of Composition in Art

Charles Bouleau (Autor)

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2014
564 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-79550-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Richly illustrated examination of Western visual arts shows how great masters and modern painters employed the "golden mean" and other geometrical patterns. Cult classic and essential guide for art history students.

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"e;This is an outstanding text for teachers and students."e; — The Studio This richly illustrated examination of visual arts in the European tradition shows how the great masters employed the "e;golden mean"e; and other geometrical patterns to compose their paintings. Author Charles Bouleau explores a tremendous variety of ancient and modern works: the Parthenon friezes, Italian mosaics, the Bayeux Tapestry, and Gothic stonemasons' marks of France and Germany as well as paintings by Picasso, Kandinsky, Klee, and Pollock. His insightful expositions cast new light on such well-known works as Raphael's "e;The School of Athens,"e; Botticelli's "e;Birth of Venus,"e; Rubens' "e;Descent from the Cross,"e; and Renoir's "e;Le Moulin de la Galette."e; Advancing step by step through each painter's vast body of work, the survey highlights new contributions from each period and artist. Every analysis is conducted according to strict methods, placing the work within the intellectual atmosphere of its time. Original, informative, and stimulating, The Painter's Secret Geometry reveals the framework of art as well as its most profound and secret poetry. This new edition of the cult classic is a vade mecum for any student of art history or artistic composition. "e;I found the material presented in this book to be fascinating. Though originally published in the 1960's it's tenets hold up well. It would lend itself well to an art history course or to anyone interested in the concepts outlines."e; — Tacoma Public Library

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Schlagworte: 145 • Abstract • ages period • Art History • Asian • baroque • books on ages periods • books on art histories • books on baroques • books on byzantines • books on compasses • books on compositions • books on comprehensive studies • books on contemporary paintings • books on costumes • books on cubisms • books on friezes • books on galettes • books on geometries • books on golden means • books on harmonies • books on la grandes • books on masters • books on mecum • books on middle ages • books on modern arts • books on mondrian • books on moulin • books on musical notes • books on must-have references • books on parthenons • books on perceptions • books on period arts • books on ratios • books on rectangles • books on renaissance eras • books on researched analysis • books on rubens • books on seurat • books on squares • books on tall trees • books on textbook feels • books on vade • books on visual arts • Botticelli • Byzantine • canvas • compasses • Compositional • compositions • comprehensive study • consonances • contemporary painting • Costume • create endless • Cubism • ecopy provided • friezes • Galette • Geometric • geometrical • Geometry • Germany • golden mean • grande jatte • GRID • Harmony • kandinsky klee • la grande • Masters • mecum • Middle Ages • modern art • Mondrian • moulin • musical note • must-have reference • narrative painting • oddly shaped • overlays • Painters • Parthenon • perception • period art • Picasso • Placement • pre-renaissance • ratios • rectangle • renaissance era • researched analysis • Rubens • Seurat • sloping • spacial • Squares • symmetry • tall trees • textbook feel • vade • visual arts • visual elements • western artists
• ISBN-10: 0-486-79550-0 / 0486795500
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-79550-8 / 9780486795508