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Aesthetic properties of pictorial perception
1Psychology Laboratory, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kyoto City University of Arts, Japan.
Psychological Review
|October 1, 1995
Summary
This study explored how people perceive objects aesthetically. Findings reveal a link between how we feel and think during perception, crucial for understanding art and communication.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Aesthetics
- Perceptual Science
Background:
- Understanding the dynamic person-object relationship is key to high-level experiences like aesthetics.
- Perceptual experience forms the foundation for artistic communication and self-world interactions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the complexities of self-world interactions within perceptual experience.
- To assess the dynamic person-object relationship in pictorial perception related to aesthetic experiences.
Main Methods:
- Participants created line drawings to express content.
- Drawings were ranked by other participants for expressiveness, yielding high inter-rater reliability.
- Factor structure of semantic differential responses was analyzed.
Main Results:
- Significant agreement was found in judging the expressiveness of drawings.
- Analysis revealed considerable semantic space between perceptual responses.
- Evidence suggests a connection between affective and cognitive processes in perception.
Conclusions:
- The study proposes a theory linking affective and cognitive processes in perceptual experience.
- This linkage is fundamental to understanding aesthetic judgments and artistic communication.