Art and Visual Perception
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Since its publication fifty years ago, this work has established itself as a classic. It casts the visual process in psychological terms and describes the creative way one's eye organizes visual material according to specific psychological premises. In 1974 this book was revised and expanded, and since then it has continued to burnish Rudolf Arnheim's reputation as a groundbreaking theoretician in the fields of art and psychology.
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Perceptual cues, such as relative size, shape, color, and symmetry, contribute to consumer cognition at a level at which most are perhaps only dimly aware.
“Further, perceptual cues, such as relative size, shape, color, and symmetry contribute to consumer cognition at a level at which most are perhaps only dimly aware (cf. Arnheim, 1974).”
From An ethics of representation for international marketing communication (2005) · cites this paper as Arnheim, 1974
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- Authors
- Arnheim, R.
- Corresponding author
- Arnheim, Rudolf
- Venue
- University of California Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 1974-12-31
- OpenAlex
- W132232344
- Cited by
- 1,997
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 82 · 2025: 69 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 64 · 2022: 86 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 116 · 2019: 110 · 2018: 66 · 2017: 53 · 2016: 52 · 2015: 64 · 2014: 63 · 2013: 70 · 2012: 47
- FWCI
- 13.76
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- University of California Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Visual Arts and Performing Arts › Art, Aesthetics, and Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- visual perception, art theory, psychology of art, visual organization, eye, Rudolf Arnheim
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