The Display Makes a Difference: A Mobile Eye Tracking Study on the Perception of Art Before and After a Museum's Rearrangement.

There is increasing awareness that the perception of art is affected by the way it is presented. In 2018, the Austrian Gallery Belvedere redisplayed its permanent collection. Our multidisciplinary team seized this opportunity to investigate the viewing behavior of specific artworks both before and after the museum's rearrangement.

Absorbing the gaze, scattering looks: Klimt's distinctive style and its two-fold effect on the eye of the beholder.

Among the most renowned painters of the early twentieth century, Gustav Klimt is often associated - by experts and laymen alike - with a distinctive style of representation: the visual juxtaposition of realistic features and flattened ornamental patterns. Art historical writing suggests that this juxtaposition allows a two-fold experience; the perception of both and . While Klimt adopted a variety of stylistic choices in his career, this one popularised his work and was hardly ever used by other artists.