Gestalt

Gestalt- Theory that makes unity and varity possible.

Gestalt means "form" or "whole" in German.

Gestalt deals with visual perception and the relationship

between the parts and the whole composition.

The key principles of Gestalt are Emergence, Retification, multistabilty, and invariance.

Gestalt is broken down into laws of study:

Closure: the mind supplies the missing part of the composition

Continuance: the eye traces the direction it moves in

Similarity: objects that look the same as one another

Proximity: when objects are close together they tend to be grouped together

Symmetry: objects that are symmetical are perceived collectively.

Common Fate: objects with that same moving direction are perceived as a collective or unit.

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