The Aesthetic Appeal of Visual Qualities

Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology: Visual Perception of Shape, Space and Appearance

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 395-414

  Tonder, Gert Van ^a   Spehar, Branka ^b  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aesthetic appeal; Ego object relationship; Perception; Physiognomic qualities; Visual qualities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886343194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118329016.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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