The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1988. x, 239 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "Using a wealth of examples, Arnheim considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. / Rudolf Arnheim is Professor Emeritus of the Psychology of Art at Harvard University. For many years he was a member of the Psychology Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College, and he spent his last ten academic years at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Two spatial systems; Centers and their rivals; The viewer as a center; Limits and frames; Tondo and square; Centers as hubs; Centers as dividers; Volumes and nodes; Space in depth; Centers and grids in buildings; Furthermore.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.