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Leger's [Bathers] and [Polychrome flower] have ingenious structure

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 In the last blog I showed that harmonious effect in artwork is due to the use of arcs to make lines. The easiest method to make a line of arcs is drawing along circle patterns. Then it is natural to notice the ingenious method to construct the composition using the circles which is the extension of the arcs      Leger [The bathers] arc model    Extend the red arcs to make circles.      Leger [The bathers] large circle model Clearly the large circles make the basic structure. The dark red circle which is almost covering the picture is the most important: having 7 intersections.      Leger [Bathers] green-arc circle model   "Polychrome Flower" looks completely different from "Bather" at first glance; however, it is easy to see that both works are made of lines only of arcs for viewers as formal art.         Leger [Polychrome flower] arc model         Leger [[Polychrome flower] la...