The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art

Beelders, Tanya; Bergh, Luna

doi:10.16910/jemr.13.2.13

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“…It is therefore revealing to analyse which fixations are frequently repeated. (Beelders & Bergh, 2020;Sancarlo et al, 2020) have shown that often repeated saccades do correlate with the structure, the "composition" of paintings.…”

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“…In the article “The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art” Tanya Beelders and Luna Bergh ( 2 ) analyse the scan paths of 65 participants looking at three compositions. Based on a similarity index constructed by using the known intention of the artists, the authors conclude that composition is successful in leading the eye, although the order of fixations varies.…”

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Eye tracking and visual arts. Introduction to the special thematic issue

Rosenberg

Groner

2022

JEMR

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There is no visual art without the eye, just like no music without the ear. Visual art does not happen in the eye, but it has to go through the eye. Even for artworks with little visual focus, as in Conceptual Art, we need eyes to create and receive them. In order to see we need to move our eyes. It is therefore not surprising that, for centuries, the eye and its movements have been a major topic of literature on art. It is equally unsurprising that along recent technological improvements of eye tracking, this technology has become prolific for studying visual arts. This special issue of the Journal of Eye Movement Research is the first platform that provides a broad picture of recent developments in this area. In this introduction we present a history of eye movement in art literature, followed by a sketch of some of the oculometric parameters used for studies of visual art. In the third section we showcase each contribution to this special issue.

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Eye tracking and visual arts. Introduction to the special thematic issue

Rosenberg

Groner

2022

JEMR

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Using Eye Movement to Determine Whether Closed-Frame Shots Attract Viewers’ Attention

Tseng,

Chuang,

Tang

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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There is a large variety of photographic composition, and these compositions can illicit different visual and psychological responses in the audience. However, there is limited knowledge of the key factors in these compositions in photography that actually affect the viewing process, and also no empirical support for the relationship between emotional responses and visual cognition. This research applied eye-tracking to calculate the degree of fixation distribution in the process of viewing photographic works through the quantitative characteristics of fixation trajectory in the investigation of the influence of eye-movement information on closed and open image compositions. This research attempts to understand the psychological differences in viewing framed and unframed images and identify the crucial factors that affect the composition of photographic images. Results from the eye movement data found that closed text and photos displayed traits of the principle of closure, and that different compositions can significantly affect the fixation point and sightline distribution. Image compositions with property of closure tend to be more attractive, generating higher number of fixation and longer fixation duration, indicative of easier focus on the primary object in the picture frame and regulating the viewer’s field of view. Photographers try to make good use of frame composition to herd viewer focus as well as increase their interest, making their image composition as complete, concise, pleasant, and pleasurable to the eye, typically applied to landscape, still life or portrait photography. This study has the potential to become a reference that contributes to photography educational and visual communication.

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The role that composition plays in determining how a viewer looks at landscape art

Cited by 2 publications

References 36 publications

Eye tracking and visual arts. Introduction to the special thematic issue

Eye tracking and visual arts. Introduction to the special thematic issue

Using Eye Movement to Determine Whether Closed-Frame Shots Attract Viewers’ Attention

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