Laws of seeing / Wolfgang Metzger ; translated by Lothar Spillmann ... [and others].
2006
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Gesetze de Sehens. English.
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Ebrary electronic monographs.
Title
Laws of seeing / Wolfgang Metzger ; translated by Lothar Spillmann ... [and others].
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Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Description
xxv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction to the English translation
Preface
Introduction: overview of the history of visual theory
1 Ambiguous figures in our daily environment
2 Visible and invisible forms
3 Of groups and borders
4 Developmental stages in shape formation
5 Gestalt laws serving camouflage
6 Brightness and spatial form
7 Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of perspective drawings
8 Form and substance of seen things- the Prägnanz tendency
Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of brightness
10 Yet another important camouflage principle
11 The wandering moon
12 Laws of seeing and laws of nature.
Preface
Introduction: overview of the history of visual theory
1 Ambiguous figures in our daily environment
2 Visible and invisible forms
3 Of groups and borders
4 Developmental stages in shape formation
5 Gestalt laws serving camouflage
6 Brightness and spatial form
7 Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of perspective drawings
8 Form and substance of seen things- the Prägnanz tendency
Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of brightness
10 Yet another important camouflage principle
11 The wandering moon
12 Laws of seeing and laws of nature.
Note
Translated from the German.
Language Note
Translated from the German.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
ISBN
0262134675 alkaline paper
9780262134675 alkaline paper
9780262134675
9780262134675 alkaline paper
9780262134675
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