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Gestalt

Assignment 4

Similarity
The Gestalt psychology principle that
states that like elements perceptually
join to form wholes or gures.

Similarity

Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
Composi'on with Circles Shaped by Curves. 1935

Arman. Ma Jolie. 1982

Edgar Degas. The Millinery Shop. 1879-1884

Proximity
In Gestalt psychology, the principle in
which things spaMally close together
in a visual eld join to make
perceptual wholes or gures. The
degree of closeness.

Proximity

Thomas P. Anshutz. The Ironworkers Noon'me. 1880

A. J. Alper. Champagne. 1998

ConMnuity
A Gestalt principle of organizaMon
that states that percepMon tends to
move in one direcMon. ConMnuity is
the appearance of a logical and
anMcipated sequence.

Pablo Picasso. La Joie de Vivre or An'polis. 1946

Edgar Degas. The Tub. 1886

Jan Groover. Un'tled. 1987

Closure
A concept from Gestalt psychology in
which the mind perceives an
incomplete paUern or informaMon to
be a complete, unied whole.

Closure

Dentsu AdverMsing Agency. Adver'sement for Zwilling Cutlery.

Mark Feldstein. Un'tled (from Unseen New York). 1975

Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Parasols. 1937

Georges de la Tour. Joseph the Carpenter. Ca 1645

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