Prediction of beauty and liking ratings for abstract and representational paintings using subjective and objective measures.

ABSTRACT: Recent research on aesthetics has challenged the adage that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" by identifying several factors that predict ratings of beauty. However, this research has emerged in a piecemeal fashion. Most studies have examined only a few predictors of beauty, and measured either subjective or objective predictors, but not both. Whether the predictors of ratings of beauty versus liking differ has not been tested, nor has whether predictors differ for major distinctions in art, such as abstract vs. representational paintings. Finally, past studies have either relied on experimenter-generated stimuli-which likely yield pallid aesthetic experiences-or on a curation of high-quality art-thereby restricting the range of predictor scores. We report a study (N = 598) that measu

SUBMITTER: Sidhu DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6034882 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature