There have been long held beliefs on how the still life should be arranged for the viewers most rewarding experience. This has typically been either the horizontal or the front to back viewing. The viewer's focus of attention was believed to travel from the left to the right or from the front to the back. New studies suggest however, that the viewer's eye actually darts around the canvas resting momentarily at different points of interests.
Looking at the above painting, the old theory would suggest that the viewer would start at the bowl on it's side and move across the canvas to the garlic, the raku vase then the yellow vase, barely noticing the raku vase in the background. Through current research it has been proven that this isn't the case, and in fact the viewer may first focus on the center raku then move to the back raku then over to the bowl on it's side and then may finally rest on the yellow vase. No two people will view a painting the same.
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