A theory of pure design
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Chapters (285)
- A THEORY OF PURE DESIGN Harmony, Balance, Rhythm
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- THE MEANING OF DESIGN
- THE ORDER OF HARMONY
- THE ORDER OF BALANCE
- THE ORDER OF RHYTHM
- BEAUTY A SUPREME INSTANCE OF ORDER
- THE ARTS AS DIFFERENT MODES OF EXPRESSION
- THE ART OF DRAWING AND PAINTING
- TWO MODES OF DRAWING AND PAINTING
- PURE DESIGN
- APPLICATIONS OF DESIGN
- REPRESENTATION
- REPRESENTATION IN FORMS OF DESIGN
- POSITIONS
- DEFINITION OF POSITIONS
- POSITIONS DETERMINED BY DIRECTIONS AND DISTANCES
- DIRECTIONS
- DISTANCES
- POSITIONS DETERMINED BY TRIANGULATIONS
- INTERVALS
- SCALE IN RELATIONS OF POSITIONS
- THE ORDER OF HARMONY
- THE ORDER OF BALANCE
- THE ORDER OF RHYTHM
- ATTITUDES
- THE ORDER OF HARMONY IN ATTITUDES
- THE ORDER OF BALANCE IN ATTITUDES
- THE ORDER OF RHYTHM IN ATTITUDES
- LINES
- DEFINITION OF LINES
- CHANGES OF DIRECTION IN LINES
- Angles
- Curves
- DIFFERENCES OF SCALE IN LINES
- DIFFERENCES OF ATTRACTION IN LINES
- THE ORDER OF HARMONY IN LINES
- THE ORDER OF BALANCE IN LINES
- THE ORDER OF RHYTHM IN LINES
- ATTITUDES
- THE ORDER OF HARMONY IN THE ATTITUDES OF LINES
- THE ORDER OF BALANCE IN THE ATTITUDES OF LINES
- THE ORDER OF RHYTHM IN THE ATTITUDES OF LINES
- THE COMPOSITION OF LINES
- HARMONY IN THE COMPOSITION OF LINES
- BALANCE IN THE COMPOSITION OF LINES
- RHYTHM IN THE COMPOSITION OF LINES
- THE COMPOSITION OF VARIOUS LINES
- OUTLINES
- DEFINITION OF OUTLINES
- HARMONY, BALANCE, AND RHYTHM IN OUTLINES
- INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF AN OUTLINE
- HARMONY IN THE INTERIOR DIMENSIONS OF AN OUTLINE
- THE ATTITUDES OF OUTLINES
- THE ARRANGEMENT AND COMPOSITION OF OUTLINES
- AREAS
- LINEAR AREAS
- THE ARRANGEMENT AND COMPOSITION OF AREAS
- TONES AND TONE-RELATIONS
- THE PROCESS OF PAINTING AS DISTINGUISHED FROM DRAWING
- DEFINITION OF THE WORD TONE
- TONE-ANALYSIS,—VALUE, COLOR, INTENSITY, NEUTRALITY
- STUDY OF TONES AND TONE-RELATIONS
- PIGMENT-MATERIALS
- THE SCALE OF VALUES
- CONTRASTS OF THE SCALE OF VALUES
- DEFINITION OF VALUE-RELATIONS
- SCALES OF COLORS IN DIFFERENT VALUES
- DEFINITION OF THE COLOR-TERMS
- COLOR-INTENSITIES IN DIFFERENT VALUES
- TONES OF THE SPECTRUM AND OF PIGMENTS
- THE SPECTRUM SEQUENCE AND THE CIRCUIT OF THE COLORS
- THE COMPLEMENTARIES
- A GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF TONES
- COLOR-INTENSITIES AND COLOR-NEUTRALIZATIONS
- THE DEFINITION OF PARTICULAR TONES
- THE CLASSIFICATION OF TONES NECESSARILY THEORETICAL
- THE DEFINITION OF PARTICULAR TONE-RELATIONS
- SEQUENCES OF VALUES AND COLORS
- TONE-HARMONY
- TONE-BALANCE
- TONE-RHYTHM
- COMPOSITION
- THE STUDY OF ORDER IN NATURE AND IN WORKS OF ART
- CONCLUSION
- PARAGRAPH INDEX
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