Artful Judgements: A Psychological Inquiry into Aesthetic Preference for VisualPatterns

摘要

;Contents: Philosophical aesthetics; Psychological aesthetics; Factors affectingaesthetic preference; Studies in the old and new experimental aesthetics; The effect of verbal instruction and artistic background on the aesthetic judgment of rectangles; Familiarity and the attractiveness of difference proportions; Three studies on cubist paintings; The impact of level of expertise on the evaluation of original and altered versions of post-impressionistic paintings; Beauty in the eye of expert and non-expert beholders: A study in the appraisal of art; Factors affecting aesthetic preference; Theoretical impact.