Gestalt theory and the guidance of the gaze in early Buddhist stupa reliefs
Buddhist stupa reliefs, with their specific placement in architectural space, create unique conditions for their viewing. They were attached to religious monuments (stupas) and were looked at during the ritual of circumambulation. This article examines how various strategies of image composition wer...
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| description | Buddhist stupa reliefs, with their specific placement in architectural space, create unique conditions for their viewing. They were attached to religious monuments (stupas) and were looked at during the ritual of circumambulation. This article examines how various strategies of image composition were used to optimize the readability of narrative images and enable the perception of a chronological flow. As a close examination of the pictorial structure shows, the strategies set out in Gestalt theory are also applied in images that were viewed under circumstances contrary to Western habits. The examples discussed, showing scenes from the life of the Buddha, were subject to different conditions of viewing and a different art-historical background but followed the same perceptual-psychological imprint. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-62a952e0ae964a88a2bbfb9e30e091b72025-08-20T03:41:41ZdeuSciendoGestalt Theory2519-58082024-12-01462-325727510.2478/gth-2024-0019Gestalt theory and the guidance of the gaze in early Buddhist stupa reliefsVoegtle Simone01Université de Lausanne, Bâtiment Anthropole, 1015 LausanneBuddhist stupa reliefs, with their specific placement in architectural space, create unique conditions for their viewing. They were attached to religious monuments (stupas) and were looked at during the ritual of circumambulation. This article examines how various strategies of image composition were used to optimize the readability of narrative images and enable the perception of a chronological flow. As a close examination of the pictorial structure shows, the strategies set out in Gestalt theory are also applied in images that were viewed under circumstances contrary to Western habits. The examples discussed, showing scenes from the life of the Buddha, were subject to different conditions of viewing and a different art-historical background but followed the same perceptual-psychological imprint.https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2024-0019indiaearly buddhist artnarrative imagesstrategies of image compositionreadability |
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| title | Gestalt theory and the guidance of the gaze in early Buddhist stupa reliefs |
| title_full | Gestalt theory and the guidance of the gaze in early Buddhist stupa reliefs |
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| title_short | Gestalt theory and the guidance of the gaze in early Buddhist stupa reliefs |
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