Aesthetic issues in spatial composition: Effects of position and direction on framing single objects

Spatial Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 3-5, 2008, Pages 421-449

  Palmer, Stephen E ^a   Gardner, Jonathan S ^a   Wickens, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetic preference; Center bias; Inward bias; Rectangular frame; Spatial composition

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; HORIZONTAL AXIS; MONOTONICALLY; RECTANGULAR FRAMES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D); VISUAL ARTS; VISUAL MEDIA;

FACINGS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ESTHETICS; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 46349101320     PISSN: 01691015     EISSN: 15685683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856808784532662     Document Type: Article

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