Composition: The Basics. 04/22/2017 There is a lot said about composition in artwork. Art scholars are diverse in their opinions about how a painting should be mapped and write books about the detailed compositions of the masters. While I agree that the great masters worked some very complex and detailed compositional designs I also believe that they kept a lot of things simple. It is easy to attach a compositional theory on a work after it has been painted and long after the artist has died. Most artist did not leave detailed
There is a lot said about composition in artwork. Art scholars are diverse in their opinions about how a painting should be mapped and write books about the detailed compositions of the masters. While I agree that the great masters worked some very complex and detailed compositional designs I also believe that they kept a lot of things simple. It is easy to attach a compositional theory on a work after it has been painted and long after the artist has died. Most artist did not leave detailed