{"id":15836,"date":"2014-04-30T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=15836"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:33:54","slug":"golden-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=15836","title":{"rendered":"Golden rules &#8211; scratchpad thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A considered look at artistic\u00a0composition.<\/p>\n<p>a) a winding path, brook, river or canal which leads the eye into the distance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/img_1458main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/img_1458_th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stonebridge Park estate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bath3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bath3_th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"534\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Kennet and Avon Canal Bath<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/img_7315m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/img_7315_th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scarlette Manor Way Cressingham Gardens<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ian-trower-people-walking-along-street-ouro-preto-unesco-world-heritage-site-minas-gerais-brazil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"315\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ouro Preto Brasil<\/p>\n<p>b) or a sense of perspective where the eye is led into the distance to the vanishing point or subject by a line of houses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/img_7299m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/img_7299_th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Trinity Rise Tulse Hill<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimg0852.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/cimg0852th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Venice<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/560x380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/560x380th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Clifton Bristol<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_551.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_55th.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"265\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Salvador Bahia between Pelourinho and San Antonio<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_561.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_56th.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"265\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Salvador Bahia between Pelourinho and San Antonio<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">c) the ultimate composition where the view has an end stop in the form of a cathedral or other noble building. The Portuguese are very good at this both in their own country and in their colonies such as Brasil. In the photos below\u00a0note how the twin church towers form a destination for the eye.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_021.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_02th.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"265\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Salvador Bahia towards Pelourinho<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_621.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/bahia_62th.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"266\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Approaching Pelourinho from the West<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ouropreto-o8-cm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"459\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ouro Preto Brasil<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2011\/dec\/20\/geoffrey-darke\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/geoffrey-darke-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"276\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">St James the less Lillington Gardens<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/coimbra2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Coimbra Portugal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The most spectacular example of the &#8220;end stop&#8221; view is at Petra in Jordan. I went in 1990 and have seen this view. It is extraordinary and as breathtaking as it looks. How the designers must have thought about this before carving it with the result you see below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/petra_first_glimpse.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/singleaspect.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/petra_first_glimpse_th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Treasury Petra Jordan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A considered look at artistic\u00a0composition. a) a winding path, brook, river or canal which leads the eye into the distance. 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