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Shaping the View: Composition Basics
1. Compose a Visual Symphony : Three sides to many stories
Annibale Carracci’s 1590 painting,
Two Children Teasing a Cat
Carracci Line Drawing
Carracci Diagram Figure 1
Carracci Diagram Figure 2
Carracci Diagram Figure 3
Emmanuel Leutze’s
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Leutze Line Drawing
Leutze Diagram Figure 1
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
George Catlin’s
Ojibbeway Indians in Paris
Catlin (Paris) Line Drawing
Catlin (Paris) Diagram Figure 1 (oval)
Catlin (Paris Diagram Figure 2 (ellipse)
George Catlin’s
Snow Shoe Dance- Ojibbeway
Catlin (Dance) Line Drawing
Catlin (Dance) Diagram 1 (Triangle)
Catlin (Dance) Diagram 2 (ellipse)
Vittore Carpaccio’s
The Flight into Egypt
Carpaccio Line Drawing
Carpaccio Diagram 1 (Figure 8)
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
Cima da Conegliano’s
Madonna and Child with Saint Jerome and Saint John the Baptist
Conegliano Line Drawing
Conegliano Diagram 1 (triangle)
Sandro Boticelli’s
Adoration of the Magi
Boticelli Line Drawing
Boticelli Diagram 1 (double triangle)
Jacques-Louis David’s
The Death of Socrates
David Line Drawing
David Diagram 1 (ellipse)
David Diagram 2 (figure 8)