representing a Window-opening with an architectural framing, with a
Flower-vase on the sill, and a Landscape-background. The first part to
be reduced in realistic rendering would be the Background, the second
would be the Framing, leaving the third, the Flower-vase, as the
survival. This is a Scale of reduction in _Number of Parts_.

It may be shown, in tabular arrangement, thus:--

REALISM............................................CONVENTIONALISM.


COMPLETE PICTORIAL REALISM, in which all parts are realistically
represented (see § 10).

SEMI-PICTORIAL REALISM, in which the Back-ground is reduced to
a flat-tint, while all the remaining parts are realistically
represented (see § 11).

DECORATIVE REALISM, in which the chief Feature (_only_)
is realistically represented, and all the other parts are
reduced to conventional renderings (see § 12).

COMPLETE CONVENTIONALISM, in which all parts are reduced to
conventional renderings (see Conventionalism).

Inasmuch as there is some realistic part remaining in each of the
first three methods--these are classified under the heading of
REALISM.

(ii) According to the Degree in which color, gradation, or shading, is