Portrait of a peasant man wearing a hat juxtaposed with Gabrielle in a Chemise (IMAGE)

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Portrait of a peasant man wearing a hat juxtaposed with Gabrielle in a Chemise

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The portrait on the left (Adrian Brouwer, 1630) is an example of a composition with the sitter centered. On the right, a portrait by Pierre Auguste Renoir (1905) shows the forward bias, with more free space in front of the sitter than behind her. The study showed this type of spatial composition increased over time.

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Courtesy Helena Miton

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