Mastering style. Effects of explicit style-related information, art kowledge and affective state on appreciation of abstract paintings.

Author(s)
Benno Belke, Helmut Leder, Dorothee Augustin
Abstract

Recently, Leder, Belke, Oeberst, and Augustin (2004) have proposed a model of aesthetic

experience in which stylistic processing is central for aesthetic experiences of art. Here

we present an empirical study which investigates predictions derived from the model. Using

modern and contemporary abstract paintings we investigated how their appreciation is affected

by style information generalized onto new exemplars of paintings by the same artists.

In accordance with the model¿s predictions, effects of style processing depend on the affective

states of the viewers as well as their ability for cognitive mastery, measured by amount

of expertise. The experiment reveals that the examination of style-related cognitive processes

is important to psychologically understand the affective, cognitive and presumably selfrewarding

aspects of aesthetic experiences.

Organisation(s)
External organisation(s)
Freie Universität Berlin (FU)
Journal
Psychology Science
Volume
48
Pages
115-134
No. of pages
20
ISSN
1614-9947
Publication date
2006
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
501001 General psychology
Portal url
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/mastering-style-effects-of-explicit-stylerelated-information-art-kowledge-and-affective-state-on-appreciation-of-abstract-paintings(3a50388d-90dc-42e5-a965-9c5cac743aa6).html