Composition is an approach to "art through structure" (Dow, 1997). Following Arthur Wesley Dow's work, Composition 1997, this thesis consists of a series of photographic and architectural exercises, demonstrating each of Dow's elements and principles of composition. Though Dow does not define his work as theory nor go to any length to establish one, he strongly advocates for training in the fundamentals of composition. Oneness in art is the study of synthetically related spaces across an array of disciplines. This is the main idea behind what this work has come to call Dow's Theory of Oneness. That composition as a structural approach to the space-arts can act as a Rosetta stone, giving artists a broad spectrum of discipline, being "at once architects, sculptors, decorators and picture-painters" (Dow, 1997). / Master of Architecture / Composition in the most general sense is the study of what something is made of. In what Dow refers to as the space-arts, painting, sculpting, drawing, architecture and even music are all arts in which space is the primary medium being influenced to form a composition. Dow's ways of creating harmony consist of three elements and five principles that greatly influence how a work of art is built up. Study of these ways of creating harmony leads to an appreciation for art, beauty, and the splendor of nature. It is only through this act of appreciation that a composer finds harmony (Dow, 1997). In a sense, composition of fine art is seeded in appreciation and flowers with a oneness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/110795 |
| Date | 15 June 2022 |
| Creators | Carricaburu, Paul Gaston |
| Contributors | Architecture, Schnoedt, Heinrich, Dugas, David, Galloway, William U. |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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