Does the composition of landscape photographs affect visual preferences? The rule of the Golden Section and the position of the horizon

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does the composition of landscape photographs affect visual preferences? The rule of the Golden Section and the position of the horizon

Original language description

This study considers the effect of aspects of the composition of a photograph of a landscape scene on its overall perceived beauty. The study has confirmed that the composition of landscape photographs according to the Golden Section, or the Rule of Thirds, and the position of the horizon in the photograph significantly influence the perceived beauty of the depicted landscape scenes. Moreover, we have found that placing positively perceived landscape elements at the intersection points of a grid based on the Rule of Thirds significantly increases positive evaluations of entire landscape scenes, while placing negatively perceived landscape elements according to the same rules makes negative evaluations more negative. Our finding about negative evaluations is innovative: this phenomenon has not been demonstrated by previous research. Our findings point to some possible pitfalls of photograph-based studies on visual preferences which do not consider the composition of individual pictures.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AN - Psychology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LH11069" target="_blank" >LH11069: Analysis of the development of historical landscape patterns,the possibilities of protecting these patterns and making them accessible for eco-tourism</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

ISSN

0272-4944

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2014

Issue of the periodical within the volume

38

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

143-152

UT code for WoS article

000336874600016

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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