The Painter's Secret Geometry: A Study of Composition in Art

By Charles Bouleau and Jonathan (translator) Bouleau, Charles; Villon, Jacques (preface); Griffin

Book Overview

Bouleau's classic illustrated work examines the essential reliance of European painting tradition on the golden mean and other geometrical patterns. From antiquity to the present, expert painters-including abstract modern masters such as Paul Klee and Jackson Pollock-have conveyed harmony through the mathematics of spatial division, ultimately giving geometry a crucial role as the foundation upon which these classics were built. For over half a century, The Painter's Secret Geometry has been a seminal work for students of art history and composition. Now this popular, rich analysis is back in print for today's artists and historians.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773237187
• ISBN13: 9781773237183
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Must Have Books
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"