The Discovery of Pictorial Composition: Theories of Visual Order in Painting 1400-1800 by Thomas Puttfarken
The Discovery of Pictorial Composition: Theories of Visual Order in Painting 1400-1800

Thomas Puttfarken

The Discovery of Pictorial Composition: Theories of Visual Order in Painting 1400-1800

Thomas Puttfarken

288 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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In the first part of the book, Puttfarken investigates why pictorial composition did not figure in earlier accounts of the art. In Italy artists and patrons focused on large-scale wall paintings or altarpieces and on the presentation of life-size ...

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