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Charles H. Caffin. A Child's Guide to Pictures
A Child's Guide to Pictures
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ILLUSTRATIONS
A CHILD’S GUIDE. TO PICTURES
CHAPTER I. THE FEELING FOR BEAUTY
CHAPTER II. ART AND HER TWIN SISTER, NATURE. A Work of Art is Distinguished by Selection
CHAPTER III. NATURE IS HAPHAZARD: ART IS ARRANGEMENT
CHAPTER IV. CONTRAST
CHAPTER V. GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION
CHAPTER VI. GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION (Continued)
CHAPTER VII. THE ACTION, MOVEMENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE FIGURE
CHAPTER VIII. THE CLASSIC LANDSCAPE
CHAPTER IX. NATURALISTIC COMPOSITION
CHAPTER X. NATURALISTIC COMPOSITION (Continued)
CHAPTER XI. THE NATURALISTIC LANDSCAPE
CHAPTER XII. FORM AND COLOR
CHAPTER XIII. COLOR
CHAPTER XIV. COLOR (Continued)—VALUES—SUBTLETY
CHAPTER XV. COLOR (Continued)—TEXTURE, ATMOSPHERE, TONE
CHAPTER XVI. COLOR (Continued)—TONE
CHAPTER XVII. BRUSH-WORK AND DRAWING
CHAPTER XVIII. SUBJECT, MOTIVE, AND POINT OF VIEW
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Charles H. Caffin
Published by Good Press, 2019
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“Now see,” he says, “how I have painted those cows: just a few dabs of brownish red and black and white, showing against the green of the grass. Do they suggest cows to you?” “Yes,” we say in chorus.
“Well, I hope they do,” he replies, “and that you don’t say ‘yes’ merely to please me. But if you had never seen a cow would you know from these dabs what a cow is really like?
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