2022
DOI: 10.3390/bs12120507
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Is Aesthetic Good? A Study on the Aesthetic and Vitality Judgment of Pictorial Representations of the Dead, Saints and Non-Saints

Abstract: In the history of the Western world, there has always been an association between good and beautiful. Starting from a brief history of beauty, two questions arise: is beauty linked to good even in art? How important are people’s religious beliefs in aesthetic and vitality judgments? The psychology of art could answer these questions by studying people’s reactions to the images of Saints as testimonials of goodness. Moreover, the study of Saints’ paintings would allow us to investigate vitality, understood as o… Show more

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