Recently completed: Our most popular video talk, titled Art, Design and Gestalt Theory: The Film Version (40 mins). It traces the emergence of Gestalt psychology (c1910), as well as its connections to holism, Taoism, yin and yang, displacements of attention, contrast illusions, color, camouflage, graphic design, and architecture. Ideal for classroom screenings, and library discussion events. Non-monetized, free full online access for anyone at YouTube.
Thursday, February 2, 2023
Art, Design and Gestalt Theory: The New Film Version
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architecture,
art,
Bauhaus,
camopedia,
camouflage,
color,
design,
figure-ground,
Frank Lloyd Wright,
Gestalt theory,
graphic design,
illusions,
Max Wertheimer,
Moholy-Nagy,
motion pictures,
Taoism,
yin and yang