The Painter's Secret Geometry - A Study of Composition in Art (Paperback, First Edition, First ed.)

This richly illustrated examination of visual arts in the European tradition shows how the great masters employed the "golden mean" 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 "The School of Athens," Botticelli's "Birth of Venus," Rubens' "Descent from the Cross," and Renoir's "Le Moulin de la Galette."
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.

General

Imprint:	Dover Publications Inc.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2014
First published:	August 2014
Authors:	Charles Bouleau
Dimensions:	279 x 210 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
Edition:	First Edition, First ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-486-78040-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Art techniques & materials > Art techniques & principles Promotions
LSN:	0-486-78040-6
Barcode:	9780486780405

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