Gestalt
"The sum of the whole is greater than its parts" is the idea behind the principle of gestalt. It's the perception of a composition as a whole. While each of the individual parts have meaning on their own, taken together, the meaning may change. Our perception of the piece is based on our understanding of all the bits and pieces working in unison.
Closure and Gestalt Theory
Examine how cropping and the gestalt concept of closure work together in this Apogee Photo Magazine article.
Examine how cropping and the gestalt concept of closure work together in this Apogee Photo Magazine article.
Equilibrium or Balance and Gestalt Theory
This portion of an Apogee Photo Magazine article on Gestalt Theory and Photographic Composition is easily applicable to page layout as well as photos.
This portion of an Apogee Photo Magazine article on Gestalt Theory and Photographic Composition is easily applicable to page layout as well as photos.
Gestalt Psychology
Jenny Fultz of Anderson University has simple illustrations that demonstrates gestalt laws of proximity, similarity, continuation, closure, good form, and figure/ground. It helps show how gestalt can apply to graphics and design work.
Jenny Fultz of Anderson University has simple illustrations that demonstrates gestalt laws of proximity, similarity, continuation, closure, good form, and figure/ground. It helps show how gestalt can apply to graphics and design work.
Gestalt Theory
Summed up as "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts," explore the theory of gestalt as it applies to visual communication. From the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology.
Summed up as "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts," explore the theory of gestalt as it applies to visual communication. From the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology.
Gestalt Theory
For a look at the broader implications of gestalt, visit The International Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications. View the FAQ on gestalt theory and read Max Wertheimer's 1924 lecture on gestalt.
For a look at the broader implications of gestalt, visit The International Society for Gestalt Theory and its Applications. View the FAQ on gestalt theory and read Max Wertheimer's 1924 lecture on gestalt.
Gestalt, the Font
The Hoefler Type Foundry has this font called Gestalt. It's an exeperimental design exploring the concept of gestalt as it applies to legibility of type.
The Hoefler Type Foundry has this font called Gestalt. It's an exeperimental design exploring the concept of gestalt as it applies to legibility of type.
Proximity and Gestalt Theory
From Apogee Photo Magazine, part of an article on Gestalt Theory and Photographic Composition shows how proximity affects perception in photographs.
From Apogee Photo Magazine, part of an article on Gestalt Theory and Photographic Composition shows how proximity affects perception in photographs.
Web Design for Instruction
At the University of Saskatchewan Web site, explore gestalt principles of perception:
Figure and Ground
Similarity, Proximity or Contiguity, Continuity
Closure, Area, Symmetry
At the University of Saskatchewan Web site, explore gestalt principles of perception:
Figure and Ground
Similarity, Proximity or Contiguity, Continuity
Closure, Area, Symmetry