Does Gallery Lighting Really Have an Impact on Appreciation of Art? An Ecologically Valid Study of Lighting Changes and the Assessment and Emotional Experience With Representational and Abstract Paintings

Does Gallery Lighting Really Have an Impact on Appreciation of Art? An Ecologically Valid Study of Lighting Changes and the Assessment and Emotional Experience With Representational and Abstract Paintings

We report two studies considering the potential for gallery lighting conditions to modulate appraisals and emotional experience with works of visual art. As recently documented in a number of papers, art appreciation represents a complex blend of formal artwork factors, personalities and backgrounds...

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Main Authors: Matthew Pelowski, Andrea Graser, Eva Specker, Michael Forster, Josefine von Hinüber, Helmut Leder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
lighting
art perception
context
ecologically valid
gallery
aesthetic emotion
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02148/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02148/full

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