Face Attractiveness versus Artistic Beauty in Art Portraits: A Behavioral Study.

ABSTRACT: From art portraits, the observer may derive at least two different hedonic values: The attractiveness of the depicted person and the artistic beauty of the image that relates to the way of presentation. We argue that attractiveness is a property that is predominantly driven by perceptual processes, while the perception of artistic beauty is based predominantly on cognitive processing. To test this hypothesis, we conducted two behavioral experiments. In a gist study (Experiment 1), we showed that ratings on attractiveness were higher after short-term presentation (50 ms) than after long-term presentation (3000 ms), while the opposite pattern was found for artistic beauty. In an experiment on perceptual contrast (Experiment 2), we showed that the per

SUBMITTER: Schulz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5743918 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature