At the request of a few artists of Holland it has been translated and will shortly be issued in Dutch.
Preface PART I CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II - THE SCIENTIFIC SENSE IN PICTURES CHAPTER III - BALANCE BALANCE OF THE STEELYARD. POSTULATES VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL BALANCE. THE NATURAL AXIS APPARENT OR FORMAL BALANCE. BALANCE BY OPPOSITION OF LINE. BALANCE BY OPPOSITION OF SPOTS. TRANSITION OF LINE. BALANCE BY GRADATION BALANCE OF PRINCIPALITY OR ISOLATION BALANCE OF CUBICAL SPACE. CHAPTER IV - EVOLVING THE PICTURE CHAPTER V - ENTRANCE AND EXIT GETTING INTO THE PICTURE GETTING OUT OF THE PICTURE CHAPTER VI - THE CIRCULAR OBSERVATION OF PICTURES CIRCULAR COMPOSITION RECONSTRUCTION FOR CIRCULAR OBSERVATION. CHAPTER VII - ANGULAR COMPOSITION, THE LINE OF BEAUTY AND THE RECTANGLE THE VERTICAL LINE IN ANGULAR COMPOSITION ANGULAR COMPOSITION BASED ON THE HORIZONTAL THE LINE OF BEAUTY. THE RECTANGLE CHAPTER VIII - THE COMPOSITION OF ONE, TWO, THREE AND MORE UNITS THE FIGURE IN LANDSCAPE CHAPTER IX - GROUPS CHAPTER X - LIGHT AND SHADE PRINCIPALITY BY EMPHASIS, SACRIFICE, AND CONTRAST. GRADATION CHAPTER XI - THE PLACE OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN FINE ART PART II - THE ÆSTHETICS OF COMPOSITION CHAPTER XII - BREADTH VERSUS DETAIL SUGGESTIVENESS. MYSTERY. SIMPLICITY. RESERVE. RELIEF. FINISH. PART III - THE CRITICAL JUDGEMENT OF PICTURES CHAPTER XIV - SPECIFIC QUALITIES AND FAULTS CHAPTER XV - THE PICTURE SENSE CHAPTER XVI - COLOR, HARMONY, TONE VALUES. CHAPTER XVII - ENVELOPMENT AND COLOR PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER XVIII - THE BIAS OF JUDGMENT CHAPTER XIX - THE LIVING PRINCIPLE APPENDIX