Digital BW, The Print

I think we'd all agree that ease of viewing for the most people is the
point, generally.

If you guys want to be scientific about it, here's some relevant data:

According to one table in wikipedia, the median height for US adults
is just under 69 inches for men and 64 inches for women, putting
median eye heights around, say, 63 and 58 inches, respectively. So 60
inches more or less splits the difference. While that gets you into
20th percentile-ish territory for men, it is above the approximate eye
height of 80% of women.

If it were up to me, I guess as a starting point I'd bias a few inches
lower than 60 (whether by shifting and/or tilting (no pun
intended)), both to minimize glare from typical lights/windows
placement and to accomodate more people (assuming it's easier for
taller people to move their eyes down than it is for shorter people to
move theirs up). From there, adjust to taste and circumstance.

Just my 2 cents.

- Robert L

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Bruce Watson
<bwyg@...> wrote:
>
> I assure you that the average eye height in America is considerably
more 
> than 60 inches (5 feet). Yet, 60 inches on center is almost exactly 
> where I hang my art. This puts 2/3 to 3/4 of the image below (my) eye 
> height which is most relaxing and unobtrusive.
> 
> The point of all this is to make it easy to view the art after all.
When 
> art is hung well, one doesn't notice how it's hung, one only sees the 
> art itself.
> --
> Bruce Watson
> 
> 
> David Emerick wrote:
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> >   
> >> I don't think this is off topic, I am certain someone somewhere
has quantififed this. Any thoughts on what the ideal viewing height
range is for framed mounted prints in a gallery setting?  Frames will
be up to 30" x 20" or 750 x 500mm.  I'm thnking there is a sweet spot
from 45" to 80" or 1m10cm to 2m.
> > Art is hung 60² on center. This is the National Gallery Standard
height, the
> > average height of the viewer¹s eye level.
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