Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 79
Page 15
... direction . A similar striving toward the diagonal may also exist . The shape of pictorial objects creates axes , and these axes create directed forces . This is true not only for such well - defined objects as a human figure , which in ...
... direction . A similar striving toward the diagonal may also exist . The shape of pictorial objects creates axes , and these axes create directed forces . This is true not only for such well - defined objects as a human figure , which in ...
Page 341
... direction of their main axis , second choice being the direction perpendicular to that of the main axis . These findings suggest that perceived locomotion is enhanced when it con- forms to the directed tensions within the object . Brown ...
... direction of their main axis , second choice being the direction perpendicular to that of the main axis . These findings suggest that perceived locomotion is enhanced when it con- forms to the directed tensions within the object . Brown ...
Page 342
... direction of the movement . A horizontal rectangle may move to the left or the right . The action may also proceed symmetrically from the center in both directions , as in the gamma motion of the rectangle or in the façades of ...
... direction of the movement . A horizontal rectangle may move to the left or the right . The action may also proceed symmetrically from the center in both directions , as in the gamma motion of the rectangle or in the façades of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
angle appear artist balance baroque blue body brightness Cézanne child circle color complementary colors complete composition contour convergence created cube cubists dancer dark depth deviation dimension direction disk distance distortion drawing dynamic effect elements example experience expression face fact factors figure-ground forces front frontal plane geometric ground horizontal hues human figure kinesthetic light look means medium Meyer Schapiro motion move movement nature object oblique observer organization orientation over-all overlapping painter painting pattern pattern of forces perceived perceptual phenomenon physical pictorial picture principle produce projection psychological rectangle Rembrandt representation represented result retinal Rorschach sculpture seems seen shadow shape similar simple simpler simplest simplicity space spatial square stage stimulus stroboscopic structure surface symmetry tension theory things three-dimensional tilted tion triangle two-dimensional units vanishing point vertical vision visual concept visual field visual perception whereas whole yellow yellow blue