Notan: The Dark-light Principle of DesignA guiding principle of Eastern art and design, focusing on the interaction between positive and negative space, demonstrated in six art lessons of progressive difficulty. Solutions will fascinate artists and designers of every calling and level of expertise, from painters and sculptors, potters and textile designers to architects and interior designers. 101 illustrations. |
Contents
NOTAN IN EVERYDAY LIFE | 8 |
SYMMETRICAL AND ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE | 17 |
NEGATIVE SHAPES WITH POSITIVE REVERSALS | 33 |
CONTROL OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE | 35 |
VALUE AND THE CONSTRUCTIVE USE OF TENSION | 46 |
THE ELEMENTS OF DESIGN | 53 |
A COMPARTMENTED DESIGN | 57 |
NOTAN AND THE INNOCENT EYE | 75 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 78 |
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18 inches achieve arrangement assignment asymmetrical balance background balance asymmetrically basic black and gray black and white black design black mountains black paper black shapes black strips bonseki calabash centaur color composition contrast create Notan Critique curved dark-light decoration diagonal distort Dorr Bothwell DRAWING edge elements of design England Gravestone equal exchange feel Figure fixed format gray paper gray strip Harold Speed INNOCENT EYE INTAGLIO PRINTMAKING interaction Joseph Sheppard Lao Tse look MARLYS MAYFIELD materials move movement nega negative shapes negative space objective oppose opposition PAINTING pattern pebbles pennants positive and negative positive shapes problem radiating reality rectangles repeated repetition representation Scissors and paste SCULPTURE silhouette sisiutl square stay back straight edge straight line student subordination sufficient tension symbol things tive tool triangles values Vicat Cole visual weight Wendon Blake white area white construction paper white design white spaces wine glass zigzag