Arnheim's Gestalt Theory of Visual Balance: Examining the Compositional Structure of Art Photographs and Abstract Images

In Art and Visual Perception , Rudolf Arnheim, following on from Denman Ross's A Theory of Pure Design , proposed a Gestalt theory of visual composition. The current paper assesses a physicalist interpretation of Arnheim's theory, calculating an image's centre of mass (CoM). Three typ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: I C McManus, Katharina Stöver, Do Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-08-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/i0445aap