{"id":682,"date":"2024-06-19T08:44:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T12:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/?p=682"},"modified":"2025-11-04T08:47:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:47:50","slug":"arthur-wesley-dow-on-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/?p=682","title":{"rendered":"Arthur Wesley Dow on Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/9780520207493-782x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-652\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;<em>Composition &#8230; expresses the idea upon which the method here presented is founded &#8211; the &#8220;putting together&#8221; of lines, masses and colors to make a harmony. &#8230; Composition, building up of harmony, is the fundamental process in all the fine arts. &#8230; A natural method is of exercises in progressive order, first building up very simple harmonies &#8230; Such a method of study includes all kinds of drawing, design and painting. It offers a means of training for the creative artist, the teacher or one who studies art for the sake of culture.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p><cite>Arthur Wesley Dow, from his book &#8220;Composition&#8221;&#8221;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Composition &#8230; expresses the idea upon which the method here presented is founded &#8211; the &#8220;putting together&#8221; of lines, masses and colors to make a harmony. &#8230; Composition, building up of harmony, is the fundamental process in all the fine arts. &#8230; A natural method is of exercises in progressive order, first building up very [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creative-learning","category-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":683,"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682\/revisions\/683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etwancrawford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}