Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Artunc, Sadik
Committee Member
Fulford, Charles
Committee Member
Brzuszek, Robert
Date of Degree
12-11-2009
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Landscape Architecture
Degree Name
Master of Landscape Architecture
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department
Department of Landscape Architecture
Abstract
Landscape visual preference research has indicated many potential indicators of preference; however a comprehensive framework concerning the relationship between visual preference and perception has not been solidified. Gestalt psychology, the predecessor to visual perception, proposes certain visual grouping tendencies to explain how humans perceive the world. This study examines if Gestalt grouping principles are reliable indicators of preference, and if they may be used to develop a broad context for visual assessment. Visual preference for 36 landscape scenes testing the proximity and similarity of landscape elements were ranked one through five by 1,749 Mississippi State University undergraduate, graduate, and faculty members in a web-based preference survey. Using a two-way between groups analysis of variance (ANOVA) to analyze responses, the results indicate that the proximal and similar configuration of landscape elements within a scene does significantly affect visual preference.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17113
Recommended Citation
Levy, Mark Reinhardt, "Visual Perception And Gestalt Grouping In The Landscape: Are Gestalt Grouping Principles Reliable Indicators Of Visual Preference?" (2009). Theses and Dissertations. 4966.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/4966