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CHAPTER III - BALANCE

BALANCE OF THE STEELYARD. POSTULATES VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BALANCE. THE NATURAL AXIS APPARENT OR FORMAL BALANCE. BALANCE BY OPPOSITION OF LINE. BALANCE BY OPPOSITION OF SPOTS. TRANSITION OF LINE. BALANCE BY GRADATION BALANCE OF PRINCIPALITY OR ISOLATION BALANCE OF CUBICAL SPACE.

GETTING INTO THE PICTURE GETTING OUT OF THE PICTURE

CIRCULAR COMPOSITION RECONSTRUCTION FOR CIRCULAR OBSERVATION.

THE VERTICAL LINE IN ANGULAR COMPOSITION ANGULAR COMPOSITION BASED ON THE HORIZONTAL THE LINE OF BEAUTY. THE RECTANGLE

THE FIGURE IN LANDSCAPE

PRINCIPALITY BY EMPHASIS, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRAST. GRADATION

PART II - THE ÆSTHETICS OF COMPOSITION

SUGGESTIVENESS. MYSTERY. SIMPLICITY. RESERVE. RELIEF. FINISH. PART III - THE CRITICAL JUDGEMENT OF PICTURES

VALUES.