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1.The famous painting, "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" by George Seurat, was created by many dots placed strategically next to each other to create the overall picture, a technique called Pointillism. According to the gestalt principle of Good Continuation, this painting technique influences perceptual organization. The dots being placed close together in a series of lines and shapes makes it visually appear to be connected, perceived to be smooth and belonging together. The principle suggest that people tend "to perceive objects in alignment as forming smooth, unbroken contours" - APA.org The brain pieces objects together in a smooth homogenous way, when in reality the object is not smooth or continuous.
It's interesting to take notice of the things around us and really pay attention to the way we are visually stimulated. Looking at pictures from different directions can also affect what the way we are stimulated visually. For example, while looking in the sky at the formation of clouds, one person may see a particular shape, while another person would view the same cloud as a completed different shape. This shows how the mind fills in details that aren't necessarily there to make it seems familiar or easier to understand or view.
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The painting considered is of Mona Lisa. It was made by the artist Leonardo Da Vinci. Firstly, the Gestalt principle of Proximity is identified which highlights objects that are being grouped together. In the painting, only trees seem to be closer and her hands. If we go in detail then her eyes and water on her sides to be found grouped. The principle of continuity also appears in the painting beyond visual endpoint. Absence of visual illusions portrays the lines to be in continuation though they were stopped at some point. Although the roads in the picture ends but if you look to the painting from visual point of view you will find them continuing. The same happens with water, sky and the woman’s lower body. This proximity principle helps in identifying the objects or stimuli, which are close and by grouping them together. It helps to gain the information on a faster note as we get relief from processing many small stimuli. The continuity principle says that dots are arranged in line or curve format. It helps to connect the object with a line. This will help to connect the dots about the painting. This information helped to analyze the painting with different dimensions and understand it as a whole. The objects can be easily distinguished based on distance between them. This shows the relatedness in them too. Continuity keeps the observer with the painting and the theme through visuals.
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2.I think that the last point of relatedness is really important in visual arts. For example, when continuity is used in a painting, the arrangement of what you look at the first, second, or third is created by the artist and this in itself helps creates a flow and a story. By using the foreground and background you are pushing the viewer to look at the painting the way you as the artist wanted them to see, not necessarily how the viewer would first see the painting without some of these gestalt principles. Even when grouping is used, it is the artists' decision what pieces he wants you to group together and this, in turn, helps convey certain feelings within a painting.