Universal technique of composition used by Mondrian ,Seurat and Kiyonobu


Designing occurs when you draw the same picture over and over again.

Since ancient times, paintings have focused on natural objects, so curved shapes have been used.

 It is simplified because it is not a sketch but a shape that remains in memory.

The line is a connection of line segments with a limited bend.

 When creating a design, the lines naturally become a series of circular arcs.

Once you realize that the arc is part of a circle, you will realize that the circle of the arc is used for structuring drawing.

This realization occurred to several modern artists who saw Cézanne's paintings.

Two popular myths about Mondrian still persist.

A) From the Tree series, the curves gradually became less and less, and eventually the picture evolved into a picture with only vertical and horizontal lines.

B) Balance is based on the golden section.

 Regarding B), I showed in the previous blog that it is made by a simple integer ratio.

 The tree series shows that the technique has reached its highest level.

 



This Mondrian's work is mostly made of arcs of four circles with a few straight lines.
 I made arc model.

The second largest circle that makes the blue arc seems to form the main structure.

Let's make e a circle-cross model (unit of a circle and its vertical and horizontal diameters).

There are clearly some circles are aligning on the vertical and horizontal lines.

 I tried color-coding them.

Next, try overlapping the smaller red circle and green circle cross models.

I found a picture of unknown origin online that has an image of a tree.

Judging from its high level of completion, it appears to have been painted at the final stage of a series of trees.

The arc of the largest circle is shown in blue.

 Let's try making a circular cross model.



I would like to show that Seurat, who is not regarded as a formalist, reached the highest level of technique in his late masterpieces.

 

Seurat "Cancan"

Seurat "Cancan" arc model


Seurat "Cancan" second largest circle cross model

It is easier to achieve balance by using a unit of a circle, and its vertical and horizontal diameters.

This technique is universal.

 I would like to introduce the models of Kiyonobu's paintings.






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