gestalt principles

Alexandra Kölcze
The Gestalt Principles

1. This image proves more than one of Gestalt’s principals. The first principal I see when I look at this photograph is proximity as the white lines are very close to each other. The second principal is figure and ground as the object is white and the background is blue which determines the ground. The third principal seen in this image is similarity because the shape and lines in this image are similar. The fourth principal that can be distinguished in this photograph is continuation as the lines seem endless.

2. The most dominant Gestalt principal observed in this photograph is similarity as a pattern can be determined by the circular shapes. Proximity also occurs in this image as the elements are close together creating a group.

3. This image represents similarity as the tiles have the same shape and size and almost the same colour. The lines create a continuous pattern.

4. The Gestalt principal anticipated here is continuity. The straw is interlaced creating a continuous line.

5. This image proves one of Gestalt’s principal which is similarity. The elements of this photograph create an endless pattern.

6. When I look at this image I think of three of Gestalt’s principals. The first principal is closure .Although it is only a part of an object it is clear that the rows are going in a circle. The second principal I think of is proximity as the circles are near to each other. The third principal I see is continuity .The rows of circles seem endless.

7. This image represents similarity which is one of Gestalt’s principals. The shadows create almost identical shapes on the wall.

8. This photograph represents more than one of Gestalt’s principles. The whole object can be described as figure and ground as it is obvious that the metal circle is the object. The inner lines proves the closure principle as the eye allows us to see circles. The middle part is a group of circles which means that the principal described here is similarity.

9. The principals observed in this image are continuity and proximity. The lines seem to never end and it is very easy to jump from one line to another. The spaces between the fences and shadow seem equal.

10. Figure and ground is the most obvious Gestalt principal in this photograph. The figure is the metal object on the white background. Closure can also be seen in this image as the eye allows me to see a whole metal sphere.

11. The Gestalt principal observed here is continuity. The lines of the shadow never end.

12. Similarity is the most obvious principal seen in this image. The lines are creating shapes that are the same in size.