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The author discusses the consideration of technical issues related to book illustration. He explains that an illustration is a graphic element that needs harmony and artistic integration. He compares the production of books to that of magazines including the limit on paper type, production process and choice of colors. He delineates the importance of economics in the publication of books and the contribution of the artist to the collaborative project.

The article focuses on the simplification of form and color in landscape painting. It states that simplification is an understatement of details instead of an overstatement of them. Simplification, in the view of painter who thinks of art as a matter of harmony and arrangement, is a process of removing meaningless detail and putting the disparate elements of subject matter into orderly form. The extraordinary and distinctive simplicity in the painting of Rembrandt van Rijn is also mentioned.

The article focuses on the good taste in art which, according to the author, rests on the combination of harmonious colors and on the balanced relations of forms in space. The author also states that color harmony is not an a priori factor, while balanced form relations is recognized a priori. It notes that most people can discover harmonious proportions and balanced position of forms in space even without specialized training. The author stresses that good taste does not depend on tangible equations alone. A question and answer column is presented.

The article presents the author's insights regarding men and women relationships. The author stresses the importance of harmony and discordance of happiness in the household to preserve the goodness of their marital relationships against gallantry and sexual biases. Furthermore, the author notes that understanding should be observed in both sexes to promote connectedness.

The article discusses the significance of colors, and their meaning. It mentions that the primary colors are red, yellow and blue; wherein the red is the color of greatest heat, yellow is the color of greatest light, and blue is the color of chemical change. It states that the harmonies of color have two distinct categories: the harmony of contrast, and the harmony of shading.