Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Formative Years -- 2. The Theory of Pure Design -- 3. Science, Psychology, and Formalist Aesthetics -- 4. Geometry, Pure Design, and Dynamic Symmetry -- 5. Ross's Course at Harvard -- 6. Teaching the Theory of Pure Design: Art Educators, Artisans, and the Public -- Plates -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Letter from Denman Waldo Ross to John Walker -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.