Researcher verifies eye-guiding from Rembrandt

Researcher Steve DiPaola from the University of British Columbia has scientifically verified the "eye guiding" technique on Renaissance art. He attributed the origins to Rembrandt. The technique has been used to guide a viewer around the portrait and creating a narrative as a result. DiPaola used an eye tracking system to track viewers' gaze around portraits, consisting of original Rembrandts and another from computer-generated versions with different focus on specific areas of the face. According to DiPaola, viewers are more likely to be "fixated on the detailed", and they "stayed there for longer periods of time, resulting in calmer eye movements". More information is available from a press release.