Composition - ACE352.3

Commentary says that other painters adopt a less intuitive and more calculated approach to balance and harmony. Piero della Francesca was an outstanding mathematician, and based the structure of his compositions on a structure than he believed was "a divine blueprint". Della Francesca’s The Baptism of Christ (Battesimo di Christo, c.1450) in the National Gallery, London, has a "hidden geometry": superimposed lines show clear geometric patterns. Richardson and his painting: He says he doesn’t want to make it too rigid. Now ready to start painting, introducing light and shade. Reconstruction of Tintoretto using scale models to try out lighting effects before, and then painting The Last Supper (L’Ultima Cena, 1494). Richardson working on colour and form, balancing the dogs in his painting against the elephant by using related colours and tones, and so on. Reconstruction of Matisse cutting up sheets of coloured paper and using the results to produce a balanced composition, such as his 1953 The Snail (L’Escargot), in the Tate Gallery, London.