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Viewers can experience the emotion of being moved by abstract art, even without narrative cues. This complex emotion arises from personal relevance and understanding, not just visual elements.

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  • Psychology of Aesthetics
  • Art Appreciation Research
  • Emotion Elicitation in Art

Background:

  • The emotion of being moved is a key aspect of visual art appreciation.
  • Its distinctness and elicitation by abstract art without narrative context remain unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if and how abstract artworks can evoke the emotion of being moved.
  • To explore the characteristics and correlates of this emotion in visual art contexts.

Main Methods:

  • Three exploratory studies using varied methods: autobiographical memory collection, exhibition surveys (Heidi Horten Collection), and non-directive emotion profiling.
  • Participants rated nominated artworks on features, emotions, bodily sensations, understanding, elicitors, and prosocial tendencies.

Main Results:

  • Strongly moving autobiographical memories were seldom linked to visual art.
  • Ratings of being moved by paintings varied in intensity and correlated with understanding, personal relevance, sadness, and arousal.
  • Low-level visual features (color, composition) were not predictive, unlike content.

Conclusions:

  • Genuine, though often moderate, emotions of being moved can occur with abstract art, independent of curatorial text.
  • This emotion relies on viewer-centered meaning-making and interpretive engagement.
  • Highlights cognitive demands and the capacity for meaning construction in art appreciation.