Metzger, Wolfgang, 1899-1979.

Laws of seeing [electronic resource] / Wolfgang Metzger ; translated by Lothar Spillmann ... [et al.]. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006. - xxv, 203 p. : ill.

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the English translation -- Preface -- Introduction: overview of the history of visual theory -- Ambiguous figures in our daily environment -- Visible and invisible forms -- Of groups and borders -- Developmental stages in shape formation -- Gestalt laws serving camouflage -- Brightness and spatial form -- Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of perspective drawings -- Form and substance of seen things- the Pragnanz tendency -- Gestalt laws in the spatial effect of brightness -- Yet another important camouflage principle -- The wandering moon -- Laws of seeing and laws of nature. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.


Translated from the German.





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Visual perception.


Electronic books.

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