The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts
by Arnheim, Rudolf
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- ISBN 13
- 9780520062429
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Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988. x, 239 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "Using a wealth of examples, Arnheim considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. / 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." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Two spatial systems; Centers and their rivals; The viewer as a center; Limits and frames; Tondo and square; Centers as hubs; Centers as dividers; Volumes and nodes; Space in depth; Centers and grids in buildings; Furthermore.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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- Title
- The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts
- Author
- Arnheim, Rudolf
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0520062426
- ISBN 13
- 9780520062429
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley, CA
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aesthetics; Architecture / Criticism;
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