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The power of the center
Main entry-name Arnheim, Rudolf, 1904-2007 (Author) Title statement The power of the center : a study of composition in the visual arts / Rudolf Arnheim Edition statement New version Publication Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; London : University of California Press, 1988 Phys.des. X strán, 239 strán, 3 nečíslované stany : čiernobiele ilustrácie, fotografie, schémy ; 24 cm ISBN 0520062418 0520062426 Note Obsahuje slovník pojmov s vysvetlivkami na konci publikácie Ownership hist. Obsahuje nálepku na predsádke: A gift of the J. Paul Getty Trust Los Angeles MCMXCIII Obsahuje bibliografiu na stranách 231 až 234. Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy v poznámkach pod textom. Obsahuje register Incomplete contents I. Two spatial systems -- A master key to composition -- Centricity and eccentricity -- Vectors and their targets -- Interaction of the systems -- II. Centers and their rivals -- Geometric and dynamic -- The pull of gravity -- The visual center underneath -- Varieties of weight -- Sculpture and the ground -- Matisse under pressure -- III. The viewer as a center -- Self-centered vision -- Vatious positions in space -- A slab in suspense -- Seeing the world sideways -- The viewer as an influence -- Looking into depth -- IV. Limits and frames -- Enclosures spread energy -- Tampering with the range -- The functions of frames -- Framed space not quite closed -- Rectangular formats -- Challenges to the middle -- Perspective creates a center -- V. Tondo and square -- Floating shapes -- Tondi stress the middle -- The role of eccentricity -- Disks inside -- The oval -- Squares balance the coordinates -- Albers's nests of squares -- Mondrian overrides centricity -- A square by Munch -- VI. Centers as hubs -- Providing stability -- Tension through deviation -- Dynamics of the human figure -- Saltimbanques and Guernica -- VII. Centers as dividers -- Bipolar composition -- The necessary latch -- Diagonals -- Noli me tangere -- VIII. Volumes and nodes -- Volumes and vectors interacting -- Kinds of nodes -- Nodes of the body -- Faces and hands -- Singing man -- IX. Space in depth -- Perceiving the third dimension -- Objects behaving in space -- Enclosures replacing frames -- The added view of projection -- Continuity of space -- What perspective contributes -- Time in space -- The symbolism of the frontal plane -- X. Centers and grids in buildings -- Grids prevail -- Design in elevation -- Design on the ground -- Coping with full space -- XI. Furthermore -- Composition in time -- Are there exceptions? -- A physical foundation -- Composition carries meaning Subject Headings dejiny umenia teória umenia kompozícia (umenie) perspektíva (umenie) výtvarné umenie architektúra Form, Genre monografie Country United States Language English Copy count 1, currently available 1 Database Books 
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