The Comparative Esthetic Judgment

1954 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 546
Author(s):  
Bertram E. Jessup
Keyword(s):  
Esthetic Judgment

scholarly journals The detail is more pleasant than the whole: Global and local prime affect esthetic appreciation of artworks showing whole-part ambiguity

2020 ◽  
Vol 82 (7) ◽  
pp. 3266-3272
Author(s):  
Maddalena Boccia ◽  
Paola Guariglia ◽  
Laura Piccardi ◽  
Giulia De Martino ◽  
Anna Maria Giannini
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Bottom Up ◽  
Perceptual Style ◽  
Esthetic Judgment ◽  
Esthetic Experience ◽  
Global And Local

Abstract Esthetic experience is the result of the coordination of different cognitive processes. It has been widely reported that top-down processes of orienting of attention interact with bottom-up perceptual facilitation occurring during esthetic experience of artworks. Here we use whole-part ambiguity as a tool to test the effect of global and local prime on esthetic appreciation of complex visual artworks. To this aim 139 healthy young individuals completed an esthetic judgment of Arcimboldo’s ambiguous artworks, which were preceded by a local or global prime. Their perceptual style was also assessed using a Navon task. We found that local prime significantly enhanced esthetic appreciation of ambiguous portraits. Also, we found that prime level interacted with individual’s perceptual style: participants showing local perceptual style liked less ambiguous portraits when they were preceded by global prime. Overall, the present findings shed some light on the processes involved in esthetic experience, pointing towards a pivotal role of re-direction of attention towards perceptual features of the artworks and its interaction with individual factors, such as perceptual style.

“Spontaneity vs Deliberateness” as a Dimension of Esthetic Judgment

1967 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen P. Klein ◽  
Rodney W. Skager
Keyword(s):  
Chi Square ◽  
Esthetic Judgment

The authors' previous research indicated that there were two major viewpoints among experts as to what constituted quality in a drawing. It was hypothesized that these viewpoints were related to the distinction between “spontaneous” and “deliberate” drawing styles. To investigate this hypothesis, drawings rated high and low by the experts holding each viewpoint were sorted by laymen into a “spontaneous” or a “deliberate” pile. A partitioning of the total chi square indicated that one of the viewpoints was highly related to this distinction and that, even though laymen and experts do not agree on what constitutes quality, laymen could easily adopt an orientation that permitted such agreement.

Heritability of Factors in Creative Thinking and Esthetic Judgment

1970 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 294-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Barron
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Composite Score ◽  
The Novel ◽  
General Ability ◽  
Fundamental Factor ◽  
Merit Scholarship ◽  
Significant Heritability ◽  
Measuring Achievement ◽  
Esthetic Judgment ◽  
Mz Twins

Although the heritability of general intelligence has been the subject of much study and can be considered to be well established, the heritability of specific factors in intellectual functioning has not as yet been the object of such intense scientific inquiry.The recent work of Nichols (1965), utilizing a large sample of twins from the National Merit Scholarship testing program and employing a battery of tests measuring achievement in five different academic areas, is an excellent pioneering study. Nichols used a composite score derived from the five subtests, presuming this to be a measure of general ability, and he found that MZ twins were much more alike than DZ twins with respect to the composite score; about 70% of the variance in the composite could be attributed to heredity. The novel result of his investigation is his discovery that the specific subject areas also have significant heritability components. When the influence of the composite general ability upon subtests was removed statistically, the residual subtest scores also showed considerable heritability.A limitation of Nichols' findings is that the subtests do not offer any potential theoretical link to basic factors in mental functioning. Such measures, however, may be provided by the fundamental factor analytic explorations of Guilford and his associates during the past twenty years. Since our own interest has been in the area of creative thinking and esthetic judgment, we have restricted ourselves in the present investigation to the use of tests in those areas whose factorial classification has been studied previously.

Some Transcultural Comparisons of Esthetic Judgment

1966 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Ford ◽  
E. Terry Prothro ◽  
Irvin L. Child
Keyword(s):  
Esthetic Judgment

Electrophysiological brain dynamics during the esthetic judgment of human bodies and faces

2015 ◽  
Vol 1594 ◽  
pp. 154-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Muñoz ◽  
Manuel Martín-Loeches
Keyword(s):  
Brain Dynamics ◽  
Esthetic Judgment

The Esthetic Judgment

1936 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Eliseo Vivas
Keyword(s):  
Esthetic Judgment

Perception of Ambiguous Figure-Ground Patterns as a Function of past Experience

1965 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Vetter
Keyword(s):  
Past Experience ◽  
Ambiguous Figure ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Prior Training ◽  
Left Half ◽  
Esthetic Judgment ◽  
The Right

The role of past experience in influencing the perception of an ambiguous figure-ground (FG) was studied. The task was to state whether the left or right halves of FGs were seen as figures. For 15 Ss there was prior training comprising the esthetic judgment of the left half of each of these FGs, while 15 additional Ss judged the right half. A control group received no training ( N = 20). The majority of shapes perceived as the figure in the FGs were the shapes judged during the training ( p < .05). Based on the findings of this and previous work it was proposed that a change in FG organization cannot occur unless the shape seen as the ground acquires a greater degree of distinctiveness compared to the opposite shape.

Role of esthetic judgment on perceived safety of urban parks’ users

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Mansouri Kermani ◽  
Mahdieh Pazhouhanfar ◽  
M. S. Mustafa Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Urban Parks ◽  
Perceived Safety ◽  
Esthetic Judgment
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