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Pictorial Beauty on the Screen

Chapter 4: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Victor Oscar Freeburg
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A systematic analysis of pictorial composition in motion pictures argues for treating cinema as a distinct pictorial art and focuses on what a picture looks like rather than plot or characterization. The author defines visual criteria—form, composition, light and shade—and offers practical tests for beauty, examinations of fixed patterns, rhythm and repose, and a sustained account of motions within the frame. Chapters illustrate pictorial motions at work, play, and rest, and suggest practical guidance for critics, audiences, and makers, using film and painting examples to demonstrate compositional strengths and weaknesses.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“The Covered Wagon.” Prairie Scene Frontispiece
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“The Plough Girl” 11
“The Shepherdess.” By LeRolle 21
“The Spell of the Yukon.” Cabin Scene 28
A Study of Composition in “The Spell of the Yukon” 28
“Daylight and Lamplight.” By Paxton 39
A Study of Lines 39
“Audrey” 45
A Still Illustrating Misplaced Emphasis 55
A Specimen of Bad Composition 55
“The Spell of the Yukon.” Exterior 57
A Triangle Pattern 61
“Derby Day.” By Rowlandson 64
A Study of Composition in “Derby Day” 64
“Maria Rosa” 71
“Mme. LeBrun and Her Daughter.” By Mme. LeBrun 76
“Polly of the Circus” 79
“Banquet of the Officers of St. Andrew.” By Hals 79
“The Covered Wagon.” Arroyo Scene 93
A Typical Bad Movie Composition 100
“Sherlock Holmes” 100
“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” 133
“Portrait of Charles I.” By Van Dyck 163
“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” 179