There is no shortage of theories about what makes an object aesthetically pleasing. Ideas about proportion, harmony, symmetry, order, complexity and balance have all been studied by psychologists in great depth. The theories go as far back as 1876"in the early days of experimental psychology"when German psychologist Gustav Fechner provided evidence that people prefer rectangles […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM on February 7, 2021