Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Henry Rankin Poore This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at http://www.gutenberg.org/license Title: Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures Author: Henry Rankin Poore Release Date: September 16, 2008 [Ebook 26638] Language: English ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PICTORIAL COMPOSITION AND THE CRITICAL JUDGMENT OF PICTURES*** Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures A Handbook for Students and Lovers of Art By H. R. Poore New York and London G. P. Putnam's Sons 1903 It is with sincere pleasure that I dedicate this book to my first teacher, Peter Moran, as an acknowledgment to the interest he inspired in this important subject [2] Preface This been little book has been prepared because, although the student has abundantly supplied with aids to decorative art, there is within his reach concerning pictorial composition. I have added thereto hints on the critical judgment of pictures with the hope of simplifying to the many the means of knowing pictures, prompted by the recollection of the topsyturviness of this question as it confronted my own mind a score of years ago.