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Composition (Art)

Placement or arrangement of visual elements or ingredients in a work of art

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    The principles of design for the curious young gentlemen and ladies, who study and practice the ... art of drawing, colouring and japanning: or a new and complete drawing-book; ... introduction to drawing. ... Translated from the French of Monsieur Gerard de Lairesse

    Lairesse, G�erard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1777
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    The art of painting , in all its branches, Methodically demonstrated by Discourses and Plates, And Exemplified BY Remarks ON The Paintings Of the best Masters: And their Perfections and Oversights laid open. By Gerard de Lairesse. Translated by John Frederick Fritsch, Painter.

    Lairesse, G�erard de, 1640-1711. | Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]

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