The Influence of Art Expertise and Training on Emotion and Preference Ratings for Representational and Abstract Artworks.

Across cultures and throughout recorded history, humans have produced visual art. This raises the question of why people report such an emotional response to artworks and find some works more beautiful or compelling than others. In the current study we investigated the interplay between art expertis...

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Main Authors: Jorien van Paasschen, Francesca Bacci, David P Melcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4526639?pdf=render