Download or read book Figure Composition (Classic Reprint) written by Richard G. Hatton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Figure Composition It is not difficult to see, therefore, that it is the applica tion of the principle, and not the principle itself, that is hard to deal with. And the application is difficult because the conditions so constantly vary. Experience brings little help, for do we not see that the more experienced the artist is in composition, the more jejune, tiresome, and perfunctory his creations become. Hence I cannot but think that the best rule is to avoid rule, and, taking as full a grasp as possible of the various conditions that surround composition, to squarely attack our subject and trust to our power of artistic control to put things in their places. We have to hold in our grasp the architectural laws of stability, the drama of our story, and all the glittering beauty we can conceive. I have hoped, therefore, that this book may contain all those matters which should be borne in mind by the artist when he approaches the composition of figure subjects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.