Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Keywords
Gestalt theory, montage, perceptual organizing principles, creative process, camouflage
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Gestalt Theory
Volume
43
Issue
3
First Page
309
Last Page
322
Abstract
In this paper, the author shares his thoughts about the precedents, process, and significance of a series of “digital montage” artworks that he originated during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, he talks about the indebtedness of these works to Gestalt theory, and particularly their use of what is sometimes known as “laws of seeing,” “unit-forming factors,” or inherent “grouping tendencies.”
Department
Department of Art
Original Publication Date
12-29-2021
Object Description
1 PDF File
DOI of published version
10.2478/gth-2021-0024
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2021 The Author(s) This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY NC ND) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Behrens, Roy R., "Pandemic Images and Gestalt Theory: Introspective Musings About a Series of Digital Art-works" (2021). Faculty Publications. 6663.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6663
Comments
First published in Gestalt Theory, v43i3 (Dec 2021) published by sciendo. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2021-0024