Heliyon 6 (6):e04375 (2020)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
Victor Vasarely's (1906–1997) important legacy to the study of human perception is brought to the forefront and discussed. A large part of his impressive work conveys the appearance of striking three-dimensional shapes and structures in a large-scale pictorial plane. Current perception science explains such effects by invoking brain mechanisms for the processing of monocular (2D) depth cues. Here in this study, we illustrate and explain local effects of 2D color and contrast cues on the perceptual organization in terms of figure-ground assignments, i.e. which local surfaces are likely to be seen as “nearer” or “bigger” in the image plane. Paired configurations are embedded in a larger, structurally ambivalent pictorial context inspired by some of Vasarely's creations. The figure-ground effects these configurations produce reveal a significant correlation between perceptual solutions for “nearer” and “bigger” when other geometric depth cues are missing. In consistency with previous findings on similar, albeit simpler visual displays, a specific color may compete with luminance contrast to resolve the planar ambiguity of a complex pattern context at a critical point in the hierarchical resolution of figure-ground uncertainty. The potential role of color temperature in this process is brought forward here. Vasarely intuitively understood and successfully exploited the subtle context effects accounted for in this paper, well before empirical investigation had set out to study and explain them in terms of information processing by the visual brain.
|
Keywords | Perception Monocular Depth Cues Luminance Contrast Shape Color Color Temperature Figure-Ground Gestalt Visual Arts Victor Vasarély |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Simultaneous Brightness Induction as a Function of Inducing- and Test-Field Luminances.Eric G. Heinemann - 1955 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 50 (2):89.
Effects of Color on Emotions.Patricia Valdez & Albert Mehrabian - 1994 - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 123 (4):394-409.
Effects of Saturation and Contrast Polarity on the Figure-Ground Organization of Color on Gray.Birgitta Dresp-Langley & Adam Reeves - 2014 - Frontiers in Psychology 5:1-9.
Simultaneous Brightness and Apparent Depth From True Colors on Grey: Chevreul Revisited.Birgitta Dresp-Langley & Adam Reeves - 2012 - Seeing and Perceiving 25 (6):597-618.
Bilateral Symmetry Strengthens the Perceptual Salience of Figure Against Ground.Birgitta Dresp-Langley - 2019 - Symmetry 2 (11):225-250.
View all 18 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
No citations found.
Similar books and articles
Interaction of Color and Geometric Cues in Depth Perception: When Does Red Mean "Near"?Christophe Guibal & Birgitta Dresp - 2004 - Psychological Research 69:30-40.
Effects of Saturation and Contrast Polarity on the Figure-Ground Organization of Color on Gray.Birgitta Dresp-Langley & Adam Reeves - 2014 - Frontiers in Psychology 5:1-9.
Color and Figure-Ground: From Signals to Qualia.Birgitta Dresp-Langley & Adam Reeves (eds.) - 2014 - Routledge.
Bilateral Symmetry Strengthens the Perceptual Salience of Figure Against Ground.Birgitta Dresp-Langley - 2019 - Symmetry 2 (11):225-250.
The Watercolor Effect: A New Principle of Grouping and Figure-Ground Organization.B. Pinna, J. S. Werner & L. Spillmann - unknown
Visual Perception in Japanese Rock Garden Design.Gert J. van Tonder & Michael J. Lyons - 2005 - Axiomathes 15 (3):353-371.
Victor Vasarely "Ici Naquit la Pensée-- " : Réflexions Inspirées Par Une Excursion Dans Sa Vie Et Son Œvre : My Thoughts on an Excursion Through His Life and Work : Meine Betrachtungen Bei Einem Gang Durch Sein Leben Und Werk.Endre Szirmai - 1980 - Archives Szirmai.
Phenomenal Qualities and the Development of Perceptual Integration.Mariann Hudak, Zoltan Jakab & Ilona Kovacs - 2013 - In Liliana Albertazzi (ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Experimental Phenomenology; Visual Perception of Shape, Space and Appearance. Wiley-Blackwell.
The Watercolor Effect: Quantitative Evidence for Luminance-Dependent Mechanisms of Long-Range Color Assimilation.F. Devinck, P. B. Delahunt, J. L. Hardy, L. Spillmann & J. S. Werner - unknown
The Empirical Basis of Color Perception.R. Beau Lotto & Dale Purves - 2002 - Consciousness and Cognition 11 (4):609-629.
The Hot Fringes of Consciousness: Perceptual Fluency and Affect.Rolf Reber & Norbert Schwarz - 2001 - Consciousness and Emotion 2 (2):223-231.
Principles of Perceptual Grouping: Implications for Image-Guided Surgery.Birgitta Dresp-Langley - 2015 - Frontiers in Psychology 6.
The Perception of Color From Motion.C. M. Cicerone, D. D. Hoffman, P. D. Gowdy & J. S. Kim - unknown
Simultaneous Brightness and Apparent Depth From True Colors on Grey: Chevreul Revisited.Birgitta Dresp-Langley & Adam Reeves - 2012 - Seeing and Perceiving 25 (6):597-618.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2020-07-19
Total views
111 ( #104,278 of 2,499,417 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
25 ( #34,790 of 2,499,417 )
2020-07-19
Total views
111 ( #104,278 of 2,499,417 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
25 ( #34,790 of 2,499,417 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads