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Title: | Method for demonstrating aesthetic preferences within artistic pictures |
Authors: | Mueller, Margaret E. |
Keywords: | Aesthetics;Painting |
Issue Date: | 1985 |
Abstract: | Berlyne (I97I, pp. 28-29) acknowledged that "Reactions to artificially simple sights and sounds are admittedly a long way from appreciation of art." However, a concern regarding the use of art is an absence of control over the determinants of the subjects* preferences. This research attempted to overcome these methodological problems through the use of artistic pictures with the variation of a single stimulus within each picture, and consisted of two experiments, with university students as subjects. Experiment 1 determined aesthetic preferences for size and location of the moon. Forty redrawn photocopies of "Moose at Night (Moonlight)** of Tom Thomson, were put on slides and used for eliciting aesthetic preferences. The moon was varied on each slide, with 5 different elevations and 8 different sizes. |
URI: | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/1664 |
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: | Psychology |
metadata.etd.degree.name: | Master of Arts |
metadata.etd.degree.level: | Master |
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Ginsburg, Norman |
Appears in Collections: | Retrospective theses |
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