Effects of Context and Genuineness in the Experience of Art
- Author(s)
- Susanne Grüner, Eva Specker, Helmut Leder
- Abstract
Studies found that genuine artworks viewed in a museum receive higher appreciation ratings than reproductions in the laboratory. Due to the mutual variation of context and genuineness, these studies were not able to disentangle these factors. A study designed by Brieber, Leder, and Nadal to systematically differentiate between these two variables did not find an effect of context or genuineness. To substantiate these results, we setup a conceptual replication by using the same 2 (museum/laboratory) by 2 (genuine/reproduction) between-subjects design with improved manipulations of context and genuineness. We found an effect of context, as artworks presented in a museum were liked more and rated more interesting than in the laboratory. We did not find effects of genuineness. Exploratively, we found that art style had a big impact on how artworks were rated regardless of context and genuineness, indicating that this may be a more important factor for aesthetic experience.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology
- External organisation(s)
- Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
- Journal
- Empirical Studies of the Arts
- Volume
- 37
- Pages
- 138-152
- No. of pages
- 15
- ISSN
- 0276-2374
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0276237418822896
- Publication date
- 07-2019
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 501001 General psychology, 501011 Cognitive psychology, 604020 Art theory
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Music, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Literature and Literary Theory
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/effects-of-context-and-genuineness-in-the-experience-of-art(de70b551-8cb8-4973-9700-7910e7bcb2f2).html