Judging Whether it is Aesthetic: Does Equilibrium Compensate for the Lack of Symmetry?

In two experiments, we explored whether compositions made up of two or three rectangles received high aesthetics ratings when the composition was equilibrated, that is, when the center of mass of the weights represented by the areas of the rectangles were in the center of the composition. We suppose...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Françoise Samuel, Dirk Kerzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1068/i0557