Laws of seeing / Wolfgang Metzger ; translated by Lothar Spillmann ... [et al.].

Author/creator Metzger, Wolfgang
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,
Descriptionxxv, 203 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Uniform titleGesetze des Sehens. English
Contents 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.
General noteTranslated from the German.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
LanguageTranslated from the German.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005058056
ISBN0262134675 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780262134675 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780262134675

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