Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye |
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... indicated in Figure 3. This map represents a frame of reference , which helps to determine the balance value of any pictorial element just as the musical scale helps to determine the pitch value of each tone in a composition . In still ...
... indicated in Figure 3. This map represents a frame of reference , which helps to determine the balance value of any pictorial element just as the musical scale helps to determine the pitch value of each tone in a composition . In still ...
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... indicated in b than of the two indicated in c , because b provides the simpler structure . The more consistent the shape of a unit , the more readily it will detach itself from its environment . Figure 60 shows that the straight line is ...
... indicated in b than of the two indicated in c , because b provides the simpler structure . The more consistent the shape of a unit , the more readily it will detach itself from its environment . Figure 60 shows that the straight line is ...
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... indicated only as a secondary theme in the folds of the robe , whose convergence forms a wedge pointing to the right- the direction of life . Forceful pictorial movement is reserved to the four Roman soldiers , who are physically at ...
... indicated only as a secondary theme in the folds of the robe , whose convergence forms a wedge pointing to the right- the direction of life . Forceful pictorial movement is reserved to the four Roman soldiers , who are physically at ...
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