Aesthetic Development in Cross-Cultural Contexts: A Study of Art Appreciation in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States

Wang, Wenchun; Ishizaki, Kazuhiro

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“…Though Parsons proposes a universal aesthetic development theory, he agrees with "the possibility of cultural differences in art appreciation". On the contrary, the results corroborate the findings of Wang & Ishizaki [57] that the descriptions of artworks by high school students in US were dominated by subject matter and they described what they saw in the painting.…”

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Appreciation of Artistic Genres in Children with Different Perceptual, Contextual and Analytic Intelligence

Venukapalli

Lilly

2021

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Children feel wonder and excitement while perceiving an artwork and their aesthetic responses are evident through their spontaneous expressions. During this process, children understand multiple interpretations of familiar themes. Children’s descriptions of artworks are categorised into three levels of appreciation namely, perceptual level, contextual level and analytical level. The objective of the present study is to explore children’s appreciation of art. The quantitative study investigates children’s descriptions of artworks at various levels of art appreciation. The study employs sixty grade IX children from the state of Telangana. The sample selected include equal number of boys and girls from rural and urban areas and they are in the age group of 13-15 years. The stimuli used in the study are artworks depicting landscapes selected from three artistic genres of representational, semi-representational and abstract artworks. Images of artworks are presented randomly to children to elicit their responses. The results of the study showed that representational artworks are better appreciated by children than semi-representational and abstract artworks. The analysis of children’s expressions of artworks at various levels of appreciation reveals that for all three genres of artworks, children are at the perceptual level of appreciation. Statistical analysis of the results illustrates that there are statistically significant differences in appreciation at the perceptual, contextual, and analytical levels of appreciation of three genres of artworks. The findings of the study may be used by educators in providing art learning experiences to children.

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Appreciation of Artistic Genres in Children with Different Perceptual, Contextual and Analytic Intelligence

Venukapalli

Lilly

2021

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“…As was indicated in the international comparative research previously made for this study, a strong interest in elements of art and emotional expression was characteristic of Japanese university students (Wang and Ishizaki 2002). A combination of analysing elements of art and expression is one of the complex repertoires most frequently used by university students.…”

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“…A similar perspective, named 'Viewpoints for Art Understanding' adapted developmental stages and treated them as a repertoire (Clover and Erickson 1998;Erickson and Clover 2003;Erickson and Villeneuve 2009). We have previously pointed out that the development of art appreciation is strongly affected by differences in educational environment and culture (Wang and Ishizaki 2002). We argue that the linear stage developmental theory has the same limitations for art appreciation as it has for drawing.…”

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confidence: 93%

Considering the framework of art appreciation repertoires

Ishizaki

Wang²

2010

International Journal of Education Through Art

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We consider a framework of repertoires in art appreciation and suggest its relationship with learning in art appreciation of youth. An art writing programme was administered to 31 students ranging from junior high school to graduate school. Their art writings were analysed according to two themes: (1) the diverse elements of repertoires and their acquisition; (2) the relation of complex repertoires to proficiency in art appreciation. First, the framework of repertoires is presented, and analytical standards for art writings are established. Undergraduate/graduate students showed greater diversity and accumulation of appreciation skills in their repertoires than did junior and senior high school students. In addition, case analyses demonstrate that the properties of accumulation and diversity in repertoires are essential to forming complex repertoires. Further, the formation of complex repertoires can be said to be an important step for attaining sophisticated art appreciation.

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“…The present research, however, focuses on the viewers’, spectators’, or audiences’ art appreciation. Wang and Ishizaki (2002) define three aspects of art appreciation as “the appreciation, understanding, and judgment of art” (p. 376). We follow Wang and Ishizaki’s definition in terms of appreciation (liking) and understanding; and we supplement judgment with the notion of art identification, the extent to which a given artwork is subjectively identified or classified as art by its viewers (Pelowski et al, 2017; Szubielska & Ho, 2021; Tröndle et al, 2014).…”

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Cultural-match effect on the appreciation of traditional and contemporary visual arts: Evidence from Poland and Hong Kong.

Ho¹,

Szubielska²,

Kopiś-Posiej³

2023

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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Cultural variations in psychological processes are well recognized by cross-cultural psychology. Cultural products-including the visual arts-present one medium through which people may manifest their dominant culture. The present research investigates the appreciation of visual arts cross-culturally by hypothesizing and testing a cultural-match effect (i.e., people tend to appreciate same-culture artworks more than they appreciate different-culture artworks). Additionally, the present work considers the factors of historical period and art medium that have been overlooked in previous research. A mixed 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 design, 97 Western and 91 Eastern naïve viewers from Poland and Hong Kong were presented with 128 visual artworks varying in artwork culture (West vs. East), historical period (traditional vs. contemporary), and art medium (painting vs. mural). In a repeated measures fashion, the participants evaluated each artwork in terms of art identification, liking, understanding, and familiarity, and their art expertise and art interest were also measured. Supporting the hypothesis, the Polish group tended to appreciate Western (i.e., same-culture) artworks more than Eastern (i.e., different-culture) artworks. However, contrary to our prediction, the Hong Kong group also tended to appreciate Western (i.e., different-culture) artworks more than Eastern (i.e., same-culture) artworks, and that might be attributed to the Western influence Hong Kong had received during its British colonial years. Furthermore, cultural-match effect did not readily generalize across historical periods nor across art media. Potential confounding of art expertise and art interest as well as limitations and future directions are discussed.

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Aesthetic Development in Cross-Cultural Contexts: A Study of Art Appreciation in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States

Cited by 8 publications

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Appreciation of Artistic Genres in Children with Different Perceptual, Contextual and Analytic Intelligence

Appreciation of Artistic Genres in Children with Different Perceptual, Contextual and Analytic Intelligence

Considering the framework of art appreciation repertoires

Cultural-match effect on the appreciation of traditional and contemporary visual arts: Evidence from Poland and Hong Kong.

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