Tomas Darwish

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Constructive Notan

Arthur Wesley Dow

60%

Dow breaks composition into teachable parts: line, notan, and color. He values arrangement over imitation. This card is strict about silhouette, interval, and whether the image remains strong when reduced to structural contrast.

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Inner Necessity

Wassily Kandinsky

20%

Measures whether color, rhythm, and form transmit internal force rather than decoration.

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Schema Drift

E. H. Gombrich

20%

Tracks how expectation, convention, and correction shape what a viewer believes they see.