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Apr 3, 2019 · These results support the claim that adopting a psychological distance in art context allows the perceiver to embrace the negative content of the work of art and, by means of empathetic responses to the content of the artworks, provoking aesthetic pleasure (Menninghaus et al., 2017).
Nov 26, 2018 · In this review, we consider the idea that the positive emotional output elicited from the aesthetic experience affects mood, and indirectly promotes health and well-being. First, we examine evidence that arts promoting well-being involve art museums, healthcare settings, and education.
- Interest in the experience for its own sake. Aesthetic pleasures are typically pursued and enjoyed for their own sake. The focus is on the pleasure that arises from the act of doing something rather than achieving some ultimate personal goal.
- Beauty and judgment. Beauty in the eye of the beholder. That is, we apply our knowledge of the world to interpret what we see. People disagree about much of what they find beautiful or ugly: You might like Mozart, but your friend likes U2.
- The beauty in simplicity. There is a beauty in simplifying because people prefer things that are easy to think about. For example, when a complex idea is presented in an accessible way, it creates a particularly strong experience of aesthetic pleasure.
- Ambience. The atmosphere or ambiance of a certain situation contributes to the aesthetic experience. In our daily life we can experience a given atmosphere or ambiance as tense or relaxed, cheerful or gloomy, and so on.
Apr 4, 2019 · Empirical studies suggest that art improves health and well-being among individuals. However, how aesthetic appreciation affects our cognitive and emotional states to promote. physical and ...
The paper tries to clarify the relationship between aesthetic experience and artworks, as well as between cognition and the pleasures of art. Starting with an analytical distinction between aesthetics and art-theory, I propose a psychologically and phylogenetically...
- Jean-Marie Schaeffer
- schaef@ehess.fr
- 2015
Feb 10, 2024 · Aesthetic Competence Scale. The Aesthetic Competence Scale (ACS), created by Dan et al. 2, is used to measure the aesthetic quotient in relation to four selected art areas.It refers to the extent ...
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Apr 23, 2019 · ABSTRACT. One of the oldest platitudes about beauty is that it is pleasant to perceive or experience. In this article, I take this platitude at face value and try to explain why experiences of beauty are seemingly always accompanied by pleasure.
