Laws of seeing
Metzger, Wolfgang, 1899-1979.
Laws of seeing [electronic resource] / Wolfgang Metzger ; translated by Lothar Spillmann ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006. - xxv, 203 p. : ill.
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the English translation -- Preface -- Introduction: overview of the history of visual theory -- Ambiguous figures in our daily environment -- Visible and invisible forms -- Of groups and borders -- Developmental stages in shape formation -- Gestalt laws serving camouflage -- Brightness and spatial form -- Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of perspective drawings -- Form and substance of seen things- the Prägnanz tendency -- Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of brightness -- Yet another important camouflage principle -- The wandering moon -- Laws of seeing and laws of nature. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Translated from the German.
GBA669724 bnb
Uk
Visual perception.
Electronic books.
BF241 / .M413 2006eb
152.14
Laws of seeing [electronic resource] / Wolfgang Metzger ; translated by Lothar Spillmann ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006. - xxv, 203 p. : ill.
Translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to the English translation -- Preface -- Introduction: overview of the history of visual theory -- Ambiguous figures in our daily environment -- Visible and invisible forms -- Of groups and borders -- Developmental stages in shape formation -- Gestalt laws serving camouflage -- Brightness and spatial form -- Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of perspective drawings -- Form and substance of seen things- the Prägnanz tendency -- Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of brightness -- Yet another important camouflage principle -- The wandering moon -- Laws of seeing and laws of nature. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Translated from the German.
GBA669724 bnb
Uk
Visual perception.
Electronic books.
BF241 / .M413 2006eb
152.14