Basic notions of picture analysis
You only see what you know
or what you are looking for
You only see what you know
or what you are looking for
Chest asbestosis
Knee fracture
Lung carcinoma
Basic elements
• Dot
• Line
• Shape
• Color
• Texture (light)
• Direction (and motion)
• Scale (dimension)
Basic elements
• Dot
• Line
• Shape
• Color
• Texture (light)
• Direction (and motion)
• Scale (dimension)
Dots make shapes
Basic elements
• Dot
• Line
• Shape
• Color
• Texture (volume)
• Direction (and motion)
• Scale (dimension)
Basic elements
• Dot
• Line
• Shape
• Color
• Texture (light)
• Direction (and motion)
• Scale (dimension)
Basic elements
• Dot
• Line
• Shape
• Color
• Texture (light)
• Direction (and motion)
• Scale (dimension)
Scale 1
Golden rule
Le Corbusier’s Modulor
Scale 2
Le Corbusier’s Modulor
Effects (rhetoric)
Balance
Balance in geometrical shapes
Playing on balance to create effects
Centering and off centering
(leveling / sharpening)
Leveling / sharpening
Leveling / sharpening
Scanning patterns
Gestalt psychology
• Principles
• Comprehensiveness of visual perception
• Distinction between grounds (Rubin’s vase)
Three laws of perception
according to Gestalt psychology
Law of closure
Law of proximity
Law of similarity
Three laws of perception
according to Gestalt psychology
Law of reification (closure)
Law of similarity (invariance)
Count the black dots