Foundations

The Frame

The shape of the picture, and where its edges cut

The first decisions come before any subject: the shape of the picture and what its edges leave out.

• Format and the Picture Plane
• Cropping and the Edge

Works in this part

• View of Ipswich, or A Bend in the River
• The Alba Madonna
• A Woman Seated beside a Vase of Flowers (Madame Paul Valpinçon?)
• Paris Street; Rainy Day

Image: Project Gutenberg · Public domain