In a message dated 12/29/2002 12:17:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I can honestly say I have *never* paid the slightest attention to any of the > so-called "rules" of composition. Looking at pictures, the "rule of thirds" > is no more valid than the "rule of fourths" or the "rule of > fifths" or any > other fraction. Just my .02 cents. As an art major in college in my younger years, I took quite a few art classes from an early age on. Never heard of the "rule of thirds" in any of my art classes. So that that is a famous art rule that artists have been learning and using for centuries is a myth (sure some may have used it back when, but it is not commonly taught). OTOH, budding artists are encouraged not to be symmetrical, because symmetry indicates a novice (dead centering is what novices tend to do if unchecked) and can be boring. While non-symmetry can add dynamic tension. But again that is not a rule, just an encouragement. And all rules are made to be broken. Doe aka Marnie
