A Child's Guide to Pictures
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About This Book
"A Child's Guide to Pictures" by Charles H. CaffinCaffin was an Anglo-American writer and art critic, making him the perfect person to write a book teaching children about pictures. Through his words, he's able to explain to children the difference between different subject matters, as well as how important composition, color, and the tools used are to a picture's beauty. This book serves as an inspiration to aspiring young artists as well as students of art who wish to understand more what goes into determining what is or isn't a work of art.
Chapters (262)(click to expand)
- A CHILD’S GUIDE TO PICTURES
- CONTENTS
- 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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