tailieunhanh - Figure Drawing Without A Model - Picture Conposition

Tài liệu tham khảo bằng tiếng Anh về nghệ thiật hội họa - Figure Drawing Without A Model - Picture Conposition | CHAPTER 7 PICTURE COMPOSITION X Imaginary street scene constructed according to the rules of linear perspective. The word composition refers to the way in which the various elements that constitute a picture are placed in relation to one another. The success or failure of a picture usually has more to do with how well it is composed than with how well each individual item within it is drawn. So far I have dealt with the human figure drawn virtually in isolation with just occasionally a little background to provide setting and atmosphere. But as we saw on page 92 good pictures don t just happen through haphazardly shoving together everything you want to put in. Foreground background and incidental objects as well as the main centre of interest all have a place within the picture area and must therefore be intelligently arranged to create a unified whole. So in setting out to create complete pictures involving the human figure we have to consider some important practical aspects of picture composition. Throughout the history of Western art a great many savants have set their minds to the task of providing the artist with a foolproof formula for composing perfect pictures. The Greek philosopher Aristotle 384-322BO wrote that a perfect work of art is so composed that if any part be transposed or removed the whole will be destroyed or changed . As a basis on which to judge a picture that s fine but it s of little use as a guiding principle in creating pictures. More useful advice has generally been offered in the form of mathematical ratios. Of these the most enduring is the Golden Mean or Golden Section formally described by Euclid in the 3rd century BC. The contention is that a line which is divided in such a way that the smaller part is to the larger as the larger is to the whole provides the most aesthetically perfect proportions. A rectangle of these proportions is shown on page 122 the lengths of the sides being in a proportion of 1 or approximately 8 13. It