Bridging the arts and sciences: a framework for the psychology of aesthetics
Publication date
2006
Document type
Research article
Author
Organisational unit
Insitut für Psychologie, Universität Leipzig
ISSN
Series or journal
Leonardo
Periodical volume
39
Periodical issue
2
First page
155
Last page
162
Part of the university bibliography
Nein
DDC Class
150 Psychologie
Keyword
graphic patterns
judgements
perception
complexity
beauty
Methode
Ästhetik
Kunstpsychologie
Abstract
The investigation of aesthetic processing has constituted a longstanding tradition in experimental psychology, of which experimental aesthetics is the second-oldest branch. The status of this psychology of aesthetics, the science of aesthetic processing, is briefly reviewed here Building on this heritage and drawing on a host of related scientific disciplines, a framework for a strongly interdisciplinary psychology of aesthetics is proposed. It is argued that the topic can be fruitfully approached from at least seven different perspectives, each with multiple levels of analysis. diachroma, ipsichroma, mind, body, content, person and situation. Eventually, this work may coalesce into a unified theory of aesthetic processing.
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