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Cross-cultural empirical aesthetics.

Jiajia Che¹, Xiaolei Sun¹, Víctor Gallardo²

¹Human Evolution and Cognition Group, IFISC, University of the Balearic Islands-CSIC, Palma, Spain.

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Summary

Cross-cultural empirical aesthetics reveals that people globally share aesthetic preferences. These universal preferences stem from common human perceptual and valuation processes, focusing on features like symmetry and contrast.

Keywords:

Aesthetics Art Cross-cultural Disposition Universals

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Empirical aesthetics
Cross-cultural psychology
Evolutionary psychology

Background:

Cross-cultural empirical aesthetics investigates the universality of aesthetic preference.
The field's origins, development, and current status require critical evaluation.
Distinguishing established knowledge from assumptions is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically review the field of cross-cultural empirical aesthetics.
To evaluate the evidence regarding the universality of aesthetic preferences.
To clarify what is known versus assumed about aesthetic commonalities.

Main Methods:

Critical review of existing literature in empirical aesthetics.
Analysis of studies examining aesthetic preferences across different cultures.
Synthesis of evidence on the role of formal features in aesthetic judgment.

Main Results:

Evidence indicates a common set of formal features influences aesthetic preference across cultures.
Key features include symmetry, complexity, proportion, contour, brightness, and contrast.
Aesthetic preferences are rooted in universal perceptual and valuation processes.

Conclusions:

Aesthetic preferences are not solely culturally determined.
Universal perceptual and valuation processes underpin shared aesthetic responses.
These commonalities extend to basic human and animal cognition.