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    Gestalt theory proposes that the human visual system interprets visual elements as grouped patterns and unified wholes, rather than as individual parts. The theory was developed by German psychologist Max Wertheimer in 1910 based on experiments with a stroboscope. Gestalt psychologists later identified four laws of grouping - proximity, closure, similarity, and continuation - to explain how the brain organizes visual sensations into coherent images according to relationships between elements. The theory also describes the figure-ground principle by which the eye differentiates objects from their backgrounds.

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    Gestalt theory proposes that the human visual system interprets visual elements as grouped patterns and unified wholes, rather than as individual parts. The theory was developed by German psychologist Max Wertheimer in 1910 based on experiments with a stroboscope. Gestalt psychologists later identified four laws of grouping - proximity, closure, similarity, and continuation - to explain how the brain organizes visual sensations into coherent images according to relationships between elements. The theory also describes the figure-ground principle by which the eye differentiates objects from their backgrounds.

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    Gestalt theory proposes that the human visual system interprets visual elements as grouped patterns and unified wholes, rather than as individual parts. The theory was developed by German psychologist Max Wertheimer in 1910 based on experiments with a stroboscope. Gestalt psychologists later identified four laws of grouping - proximity, closure, similarity, and continuation - to explain how the brain organizes visual sensations into coherent images according to relationships between elements. The theory also describes the figure-ground principle by which the eye differentiates objects from their backgrounds.

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    Gestalt theory proposes that the human visual system interprets visual elements as grouped patterns and unified wholes, rather than as individual parts. The theory was developed by German psychologist Max Wertheimer in 1910 based on experiments with a stroboscope. Gestalt psychologists later identified four laws of grouping - proximity, closure, similarity, and continuation - to explain how the brain organizes visual sensations into coherent images according to relationships between elements. The theory also describes the figure-ground principle by which the eye differentiates objects from their backgrounds.

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    GESTALT THEORY

    Gestalt theory allows communicators to predict how viewers will respond to design elements.

    THE GESTALT THEORY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION


    The whole is different from the sum of its parts. Origin: From the German word meaning form or shape. Developed by German psychologist Max Wertheimer in 1910. After some experimentation with a stroboscope (more commonly known as a flip book) he concluded that the eye merely takes in all the visual stimuli and that the brain arranges the sensations into a coherent image. Gestalt psychologists further refined Wertheimers work to conclude that visual perception was a result of organizing sensual elements or forms into various groups. Discrete elements within a scene are combined and understood by the brain through a series of four laws of grouping

    Gestalt: Law of Proximity

    Proximity occurs
    when elements are placed close together. They tend to be perceived as a group.

    Law of Closure

    Closure occurs when an object is incomplete or a space is not completely enclosed. If enough of the shape is indicated, people perceive the whole by filling in the missing information. .

    Law of Similarity

    Similarity occurs when objects look similar to one another. People often perceive them as a group or pattern

    Law of Continuation

    Continuation occurs when the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to another object.

    Figure/Ground

    The eye differentiates an object form its surrounding area. a form, silhouette, or shape is naturrally perceived as figure(object), while the surrounding area is perceived as ground(background).

    PREPARED BY VINAY KARTIK SECTION: C

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