• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Formative Years
• The Theory of Pure Design
• Science, Psychology, and Formalist Aesthetics
• Geometry, Pure Design, and Dynamic Symmetry
• Ross’s Course at Harvard
• Teaching the Theory of Pure Design: Art Educators, Artisans, and the Public
• Epilogue
• Appendix: Letter from Denman Waldo Ross to John Walker
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Color plates appear after page 178
