introduction what is composition levels of abstraction how does the image work the frame in the frame   up and down   left and right   distance from the center   distance from the frame   sides of the frame   mutual influence of the objects format third dimension sharpness  color and tone rhythm active and passive space and plane in the image differences among the media evolution of the aesthetic standard bibliography
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Some ten years after writing this thesis for my bachelors degree, it finally bugged me enough to translate it to the more accessible language, partially because of this text's popularity among my friends at the time. Some of these views aged better than others; the point is that I at least find both interesting enough. The biggest task was to attempt removal of the adolescent (and croatian) mysticism, and to try explaining and bringing everything to the ground, or at least daylight. Still, there is some heady stuff here at times, so feel free to contact me if you feel teased, cheated, or taken for a ride. The illustrations are left as they were: images that I just happened to have taken that year, without any intent for this purpose, and therefore quite imprecise for it - but realistically practical, for the same reason. They could be swapped by any 6 months output of mine, or perhaps by your work too. My final hope is to continue these thoughts into a sequel composited of all that I've managed to gather in this mentioned ten year period since. Of course, we'll see what happens...
predrag dubravcic			this way to the more recent gallery