Advancements in computer graphics and programs began a tendency for audiovisual sequences to be composed entirely of abstract geometrical and graphical objects, shapes and figures. The absence of realistic video footage containing natural, relatable visual content, such as human emotion, within these pieces requires a different set of ideas and theories towards the recognition of individual visual objects and events.
Theories regarding the way humans perceive visual objects and shapes were first developed by Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka and Wolfgang Koher during the 1920s. This group of German psychologists outlined principles that describe the natural, automatic recognition and categorization of visual elements into unified groups or whole structural entities, and these ideas became what are known as the principles of Gestalt visual perception.
