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Author Bang, Molly.

Title Picture this : how pictures work / Molly Bang
Published San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books LLC, 2016
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Contents Building the emotional content of pictures -- The principles -- From intent to execution -- Finally, in defense of instinct -- Now . . . begin, Further exercises
Summary Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideas-about how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a story-remain unparalleled in their simplicity and genius. Why are diagonals dramatic' Why are curves calming' Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold' First published in 1991, Picture This has changed the way artists, illustrators, reviewers, critics, and readers look at and understand art.
Audience 12-16 years
Notes Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed December 05, 2016)
Subject Composition (Art)
Design -- Juvenile literature.
Graphic arts -- Juvenile literature.
Visual perception -- Juvenile literature.
Design.
Visual perception.
Genre/Form Art.
Form Electronic book
Author Recorded Books, Inc.
ISBN 9781452154220 (electronic bk.)
1452154228