<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In the visual arts, composition is the placement or arrangement of visual elements or' ingredients' in a work of art, as distinct from the subject . It can also be thought of as the organization of the elements of art according to the principles of art . </P> <P> The composition of a picture is different from its subject, what is depicted, whether a moment from a story, a person or a place . Many subjects, for example Saint George and the Dragon, are often portrayed in art, but using a great range of compositions even though the two figures are typically the only ones shown . </P>

The organization of the formal elements in an art work