Cargando…
The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art
Viewing artworks may be subject to the same processes as everyday scene selection in respect of gaze behaviour. However, artists may employ carefully constructed composition in their paintings to lead the eyes of viewers along a predetermined path. This paper investigates whether composition is succ...
Autores principales: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Bern Open Publishing
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7963460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33828794 http://dx.doi.org/10.16910/jemr.13.2.13 |
_version_ | 1783665607753859072 |
---|---|
author | Beelders, Tanya Bergh, Luna |
author_facet | Beelders, Tanya Bergh, Luna |
author_sort | Beelders, Tanya |
collection | PubMed |
description | Viewing artworks may be subject to the same processes as everyday scene selection in respect of gaze behaviour. However, artists may employ carefully constructed composition in their paintings to lead the eyes of viewers along a predetermined path. This paper investigates whether composition is successful through comparison of expected scanpaths (constructed using the known intention of the artist) and actual scanpaths (as captured using an eye-tracker) based on a loci and sequence similarity index. The findings suggest that composition is successful in leading the eye, although the order of fixations can vary. It could thus be concluded that composition is largely successful in terms of salient elements, but less so for guiding elements. Furthermore, using Cognitive Linguistics theories and applying it to the paintings with reference to the statistical results, the Art Creation Continuum that captures the role of composition on a spectrum is proposed. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7963460 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | Bern Open Publishing |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-79634602021-04-06 The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art Beelders, Tanya Bergh, Luna J Eye Mov Res Research Article Viewing artworks may be subject to the same processes as everyday scene selection in respect of gaze behaviour. However, artists may employ carefully constructed composition in their paintings to lead the eyes of viewers along a predetermined path. This paper investigates whether composition is successful through comparison of expected scanpaths (constructed using the known intention of the artist) and actual scanpaths (as captured using an eye-tracker) based on a loci and sequence similarity index. The findings suggest that composition is successful in leading the eye, although the order of fixations can vary. It could thus be concluded that composition is largely successful in terms of salient elements, but less so for guiding elements. Furthermore, using Cognitive Linguistics theories and applying it to the paintings with reference to the statistical results, the Art Creation Continuum that captures the role of composition on a spectrum is proposed. Bern Open Publishing 2020-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC7963460/ /pubmed/33828794 http://dx.doi.org/10.16910/jemr.13.2.13 Text en This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Beelders, Tanya Bergh, Luna The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art |
title | The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art |
title_full | The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art |
title_fullStr | The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art |
title_full_unstemmed | The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art |
title_short | The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art |
title_sort | role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7963460/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33828794 http://dx.doi.org/10.16910/jemr.13.2.13 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT beelderstanya therolethatcompositionplaysindetermininghowaviewerlooksatlandscapeart AT berghluna therolethatcompositionplaysindetermininghowaviewerlooksatlandscapeart AT beelderstanya rolethatcompositionplaysindetermininghowaviewerlooksatlandscapeart AT berghluna rolethatcompositionplaysindetermininghowaviewerlooksatlandscapeart |