Perceptual Balance, Stability, and Aesthetic Appreciation: Their Relations Depend on the Picture Type

It is widely assumed that the aesthetic appreciation of a picture depends, among others, on how well the picture’s composition is perceptually balanced, where “perceptual balance” is often defined analogous to mechanics. To what extent this metaphor holds for different picture types, however, is sti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ronald Hübner, Martin G. Fillinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669519856040