Gestalt

Gestalt
The word "gestalt" is used in modern German to mean the way a thing has been; i.e., "placed," or "put together." There is no exact equivalent in English. "Form" and "shape" are the usual translations.

The Gestalt Theory is a psychological theory that states: an entire image conveys more meaning than the sum of its individual parts. //How many heads can you see in this image?//

Some of its most commonly used laws in visual perception are: //Law of Closure:// people tend to fill in missing pieces of an unfinished shape to form a complete image.

//Law of Similarity:// things that share similar visual characteristics (such as colour, shape, text, orientation, etc.) will be seen as one group.

//Law of Proximit////y:// people have the tendency to group similar objects/shapes that are close together as one unit.

//Law of Continuity:// people tend to continue contours when we perceive them in an implied direction.

//Law of Figure-////Ground:// people organize perception by distinguishing a figure from a ground.

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