Geometric regularity is introduced as a simplicity metric for understanding the esthetics of
basic polygons. In Experiment 1, undergraduates rated the perceived beauty of triangles …

Abstract shapes can vary in how much they are preferred by observers, but the key factors
are still not well understood. In Experiment 1, observers rated the attractiveness of octagonal …

Two experiments examined preference for rectangle proportion, using a method that
allowed participants to adjust 1 dimension of a rectangle to achieve the most preferred …

Many studies over a period of more than a century have investigated the influence of the
golden ratio on perceived geometric beauty. Surprisingly, very few of these studies used …

The debate over the aesthetic pleasingness of the golden section is still ongoing, over 100
years after Fechner's pioneering investigations. The present study attempts to advance the …

IT IS well known that even quite simple stimuli can give rise to aesthetic judgements
of'like'and'dislike', and a good deal of research has been done on, for instance, preference …

A shape's axis of elongation is perhaps one of its most prominent characteristics and has
been found to play a role in identification and recognition. However, there has been no …

Interest in the experimental aesthetics of rectangles originates in the studies of Fechner
(1876), which investigated Zeising's suggestion that Golden Section ratios determine the …

In 1886, Heinrich Wölfflin suggested that aesthetic preferences for golden section
rectangles, described by Fechner, resulted from empathetic, embodied responses to gravity …

A review of studies on the judgment of rectangle proportions pointed out that individual
differences in preference might be partly due to differences in verbal instructions given to the …