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The Compositional Order of Art

The Intrinsic Order

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We have now considered in a general manner that will permit application to particular arts the nature of the material with which the artist works. This exposition has covered the intrinsic order of art; we have said little about what the artist can do to realize this structure. Before we do so, we may review the argument so far.

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  • Stephen C. Pepper: 1938, Principles of Art Appreciation, Harcourt Brace, New York, p. 177.

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  • Ernst Krenek: 1940, Studies in Counterpoint, G. Schirmer, New York, p. 7.

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© 1985 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

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Aschenbrenner, K. (1985). The Compositional Order of Art. In: The Concept of Coherence in Art. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5327-7_13

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