The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts

by Rudolf Arnheim

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What determines the overall organization of visual form in the works of painting, sculpture, and architecture? Artists have sometimes ventured practical rules of thumb, and mathematicians have looked for formulas that would prescribe ideal spatial relations between shapes. This companion to Rudolf Arnheim's classic, Art and Visual Perception, shows how compositional form makes sense only when it utilizes visual symbols of the life experience that makes art meaningful.

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Quais são os factores determinantes da composição nas Artes Visuais? Foram propostas muitas régras práticas quanto à prporcionalidade e à organização do espaço, quase sempre aplicaveis apenas a algumas obras ou estilos Arnheim demonstra a existência de dois sistemas visuais, cêntrico e excêntrico, que derivam da nossa maneira de precepcionar o mundo e que estão persentes na arquitectura, na pintura e na escultura de todas as épocas. A tese, apoiada por numerosos exemplos, é de grande utilidade não só para os profissionais das artes plásticas como para o apreciador/fruidor de arte, levando-o a compreender as relações profundas da composição visual com a sua própria experiência do mundo.
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Rudolf Arnheim (1904-2007) was Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University and the author of many books, including Art and Visual Perception, Film as Art, The Dynamics of Architectural Form, and Visual Thinking.

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The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts
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The power of the center : a study of composition in the visual arts

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Art & Design, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
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701.8Arts & recreationArtsPhilosophy and theory of fine and decorative artsInherent features
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N7430 .A69Fine ArtsVisual artsGeneral works
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