Gestalt Aesthetics

*Theory Introduction*Historic Overview*Psychology of Art and

Arnheim*Emotion and Cognitive

Connection*Law of Pragnanz*Reception and

Interpretation*Defining Gestalt Asthetic

Through Image

THE INTERACTIVE DANCE

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Gestalt Introduction

• Contention

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GestaltHistoric Overview

• Wertheimer, Kofka Kohler, Von Ehrenfels

• Arnheim

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GestaltHistoric Overview

• Apparent Movement

Zoetrope

GestaltHistoric Overview

• Dot Essay• Artists Influenced

Paul Klee

Gestalt Psychology of Art and

Arnheim

• Scientific Reasoning• Opposition with

Psychoanalysis

• Perceptual Theorizing

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GestaltEmotion and Cognitive

Connection

• Pre-Constructs• Collective Sense

Datum

Frida Kahlo

Gestalt Law of Pragnanz

• “Intelligence” of the Senses

Claude Monet

GestaltReception and Interpretation

• Experiential Framework

• Relativity

Piet Mondrian

GestaltDefining Aesthetic

• Similarity• Continuity• Closure• Equilibrium• Assimilation

Andrew Wyeth

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