What is the Meaning of Shape? - Gestalt Theory

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GESTALT THEORY, Vol. 33, No.3/4 Fig. 18 Rows of irregular quadrilaterals are perceived as different shapes 5.5. The Headedness and the Organic Segmentation There is a special kind of shape formation never studied before, which subsumes a meta-shape property that we call “headedness”. This property is shown in the irregular !"#$%&'()*''!"#$%#&'(#$$" wiggly object of Fig. 19a that assumes an organic appearance similar to an !"#$%&'%$"(%)(#*&*+%,-%'"#.(/ amoeba or to some kind of living creature with a head and upper and lower limbs, moving in the direction defined by the shape component perceived as the head of the organism. The object shapes up slowly and appears reversible, i.e. the same component can assume different roles (head, limb), therefore changing the whole organic segmentation and, as a consequence, the direction of the perceived motion, the structure, the weight and all the other static and dynamic characteristics of the organism. This organic segmentation can be reshaped, similarly to the ways previously 410
411 Pinna, What is the Meaning of Shape? shown in the case of the squares, through the accentuation of one component against the others in the function of head, thus favoring the emergence of the headedness shape property. Figs. 19b-e demonstrate that by changing the spatial position of the small circle the organism changes its shape, appearing each time as a different creature. The component defined by the circle becomes the head. As such, all the organic properties change accordingly to what is perceived as the head, i.e. to the headedness property. For instance, the organisms of Figs. 19bc or 19d-e are perceived moving in opposite directions. The limbs appear also totally different and so on. 0 Fig. 19 Different organic segmentations of undulated figures !"#$%&'()*''!"#$%#&'(#$$" !"#$%&'%$"(%)(#*&*+%,-%'"#.(/ # 2 ( - + 1
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