Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks

Background: Aesthetic experience begins through an intentional shift from automatic visual perceptual processing to an aesthetic state of mind that is evidently directed towards sensory experience. In the present study, we investigated whether portrait descriptions affect the aesthetic pleasure of b...

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Autores principales:	Emanuela Mari, Alessandro Quaglieri, Giulia Lausi, Maddalena Boccia, Alessandra Pizzo, Michela Baldi, Benedetta Barchielli, Jessica Burrai, Laura Piccardi, Anna Maria Giannini
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	perceptual ambiguity global–local perception visual aesthetic portraits aesthetic experience Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:475e1d6cc2b14945843557b51e40a1062021-11-25T16:46:04ZFostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks10.3390/bs111101442076-328Xhttps://doaj.org/article/475e1d6cc2b14945843557b51e40a1062021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/11/11/144https://doaj.org/toc/2076-328XBackground: Aesthetic experience begins through an intentional shift from automatic visual perceptual processing to an aesthetic state of mind that is evidently directed towards sensory experience. In the present study, we investigated whether portrait descriptions affect the aesthetic pleasure of both ambiguous (i.e., Arcimboldo’s portraits) and unambiguous portraits (i.e., Renaissance portraits). Method: A total sample of 86 participants were recruited and completed both a baseline and a retest session. In the retest session, we implemented a sample audio description for each portrait. The portraits were described by three types of treatment, namely global, local, and historical descriptions. Results: During the retest session, aesthetic pleasure was higher than the baseline. Both the local and the historical treatments improved the aesthetic appreciation of ambiguous portraits; instead, the global and the historical treatment improved aesthetic appreciation of Renaissance portraits during the retest session. Additionally, we found that the response times were slower in the retest session. Conclusion: taken together, these findings suggest that aesthetic preference was affected by the description of an artwork, likely due to a better knowledge of the painting, which prompts a more accurate (and slower) reading of the artwork.Emanuela MariAlessandro QuaglieriGiulia LausiMaddalena BocciaAlessandra PizzoMichela BaldiBenedetta BarchielliJessica BurraiLaura PiccardiAnna Maria GianniniMDPI AGarticleperceptual ambiguityglobal–local perceptionvisual aestheticportraitsaesthetic experiencePsychologyBF1-990ENBehavioral Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 144, p 144 (2021)
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topic	perceptual ambiguity global–local perception visual aesthetic portraits aesthetic experience Psychology BF1-990
spellingShingle	perceptual ambiguity global–local perception visual aesthetic portraits aesthetic experience Psychology BF1-990 Emanuela Mari Alessandro Quaglieri Giulia Lausi Maddalena Boccia Alessandra Pizzo Michela Baldi Benedetta Barchielli Jessica Burrai Laura Piccardi Anna Maria Giannini Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks
description	Background: Aesthetic experience begins through an intentional shift from automatic visual perceptual processing to an aesthetic state of mind that is evidently directed towards sensory experience. In the present study, we investigated whether portrait descriptions affect the aesthetic pleasure of both ambiguous (i.e., Arcimboldo’s portraits) and unambiguous portraits (i.e., Renaissance portraits). Method: A total sample of 86 participants were recruited and completed both a baseline and a retest session. In the retest session, we implemented a sample audio description for each portrait. The portraits were described by three types of treatment, namely global, local, and historical descriptions. Results: During the retest session, aesthetic pleasure was higher than the baseline. Both the local and the historical treatments improved the aesthetic appreciation of ambiguous portraits; instead, the global and the historical treatment improved aesthetic appreciation of Renaissance portraits during the retest session. Additionally, we found that the response times were slower in the retest session. Conclusion: taken together, these findings suggest that aesthetic preference was affected by the description of an artwork, likely due to a better knowledge of the painting, which prompts a more accurate (and slower) reading of the artwork.
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author	Emanuela Mari Alessandro Quaglieri Giulia Lausi Maddalena Boccia Alessandra Pizzo Michela Baldi Benedetta Barchielli Jessica Burrai Laura Piccardi Anna Maria Giannini
author_facet	Emanuela Mari Alessandro Quaglieri Giulia Lausi Maddalena Boccia Alessandra Pizzo Michela Baldi Benedetta Barchielli Jessica Burrai Laura Piccardi Anna Maria Giannini
author_sort	Emanuela Mari
title	Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks
title_short	Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks
title_full	Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks
title_fullStr	Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks
title_full_unstemmed	Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks
title_sort	fostering the aesthetic pleasure: the effect of verbal description on aesthetic appreciation of ambiguous and unambiguous artworks
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/475e1d6cc2b14945843557b51e40a106
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Fostering the Aesthetic Pleasure: The Effect of Verbal Description on Aesthetic Appreciation of Ambiguous and Unambiguous Artworks

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