TY - JOUR
T1 - Bridging two worlds that care about art
T2 - psychological and historical approaches to art appreciation
AU - Thompson, William Forde
AU - Antliff, Mark
PY - 2013/4
Y1 - 2013/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901186098&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X1200180X
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X1200180X
M3 - Comment/opinion
C2 - 23507115
AN - SCOPUS:84875145410
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 36
SP - 159
EP - 160
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 2
ER -