Seeing with a Painter's Eye

Book excerpt: Brandt takes you back to nature and the joyous process of discovery by demonstrating that the world is composed of relationships, rather than things. He explores the ways medium and technique influence seeing and composing. The interactions of line, value, color and texture, and composition are discussed in detail. Diagrams and examples clarify each concept. Areas of discussion include: composition, simultaneity, chiaroscuro. contrast, size and proportion, style, dyanmics of space, perspective, color perception, and modes of pictorial organization--Jacket.