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Bridging two worlds that care about art: Psychological and historical approaches to art appreciation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2013

William Forde Thompson  and
Mark Antliff
William Forde Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia. Bill.Thompson@mq.edu.auhttp://www.psy.mq.edu.au/me2/
Mark Antliff
Affiliation:
Department of Art History, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708. antliff@duke.eduhttp://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/AAH/faculty/antliff
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Abstract

Art appreciation often involves contemplation beyond immediate perceptual experience. However, there are challenges to incorporating such processes into a comprehensive theory of art appreciation. Can appreciation be captured in the responses to individual artworks? Can all forms of contemplation be defined? What properties of artworks trigger contemplation? We argue that such questions are fundamental to a psycho-historical framework for the science of art appreciation, and we suggest research that may assist in refining this framework.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 159 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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