Visual Illusion Theory (Research only)

http://blog.ted.com/2007/04/20/al_seckel_on_te/

some of the notes taken while watching the TED Talk

http://www.123inspiration.com/dalston-house-optical-illusion-installation-by-leandro-erlich/
http://www.123inspiration.com/projecto-nuvem-by-eduardo-coimbra/


http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/232098/Gestalt-psychology

Gestalt psychology, school of psychology founded in the 20th century that provided the foundation for the modern study of perception. Gestalt theory emphasizes that the whole of anything is greater than its parts. That is, the attributes of the whole are not deducible from analysis of the parts in isolation. The word Gestalt is used in modern German to mean the way a thing has been “placed,” or “put together.” There is no exact equivalent in English. “Form” and “shape” are the usual translations; in psychology the word is often interpreted as “pattern” or “configuration.”

Gestalt theory originated in Austria and Germany as a reaction against the associationist and structural schools’ atomistic orientation (an approach which fragmented experience into distinct and unrelated elements). Gestalt studies made use instead of phenomenology. This method, with a tradition going back to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, involves nothing more than the description of direct psychological experience, with no restrictions on what is permissible in the description. Gestalt psychology was in part an attempt to add a humanistic dimension to what was considered a sterile approach to the scientific study of mental life. Gestalt psychology further sought to encompass the qualities of form, meaning, ... (200 of 622 words)