Pictorial composition and the critical judgment of pictures; a handbook for students and lovers of art (1903)
Poore, Henry Rankin, 1859-1940 · New York, The Baker & Taylor co · leaf 121
istance whichturns the eye into the picture as it leaves thecow on the rig^ht. [ ^07 ] G PICTORIAL COMPOSITION Another example more complete as a composi-tion is his famous Shepherd and Sheep,^ inwhich the angle is formed by the dark dog at theextreme right, the lines expanding through thefigure of… … The Herder—Jacque. The Departure for the Chase, ^ by Cuyp,shows an unsuccessful use of this shape. In The Path of the Surf, ^ the main form—the surf—is a triangle and the two supportingspaces triangles. Such a construction is partic-ularly stable, as these focalize on the line of in-terest. Some…
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