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2019Composition  

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  • The arrangement of distinct elements within a work of art in a cohesive way that turns them into a meaningful and formal unity. In the classical tradition, triangular or pyramidal compositions were used because they created a sense of balance and harmony by arranging the figres into a stable overall geometric structure. To the extend that modern art rejected that tradition, the idea of correct composition was revised or even abandoned.  

Source

  • Tate n.d.
  • Ρηντ κ.ά. 1986

Contributor

  • Daskalothanasis Nikos (ASFA)

Creator

  • Chatzi Maria (ASFA)

Notation

  • 2019

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