Composition Devices and Resource Reconstruction

Compositional Devices

Ways in which artist can organize the elements and principles of design are called a composition device.

Like Music and Writing, Compositions fall into categories:

The Definition of a cat·e·go·ry/ˈkatəˌgôrē

NOUN:

A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics: "five categories of intelligence". One of a set of classes among which all things might be distributed

   Music categories : Classical, Western,Modern, Rock, Gospel and Ballads

Writing Categories:  Fiction, Biographies, Romance, Narrative, Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Speeches.

Composition categories: Steel Yard, S or Compound Curve,  Horizontal Bands,Vertical Bands, Framing or Arabesque, Cruciform also called  Crossroad or Hanging T, Checkerboard, these are just a few.

Steel Yard

 
S or the Compound Curve

Horizontal Bands