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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Gestalt Theory - Similarity

Similarity - the mind groups similar elements into collective entities or totalities. This similarity can depend on many different factors including, shape, colour, tone, texture etc



The image's shown here are examples of similarity, shown below is of a group of blue squares and circles, when we look at the image we see the triangle made up of circles. Because they are similar/identical in shape our mind brings them together. The same occurs when looking at the left images of circle, a line being bigger than the other makes our eye focus on them apposed to the smaller circles. (The image's are also an example of Proximity)



This silver pendant has similar leaf shapes that make up its roundness of this pendant



The earrings about show similarity as they are both identical. But Similarity does not always mean this, it can be described as something imitating another or a resemblance.

Elfie Spiewack - Diamond Earrings
This image shows similarity in that both colour and shape, the green fish being dis-similar both because of its colour and direction.




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