Psychiatry and Psychology in the Visual Arts and Aesthetics: A Bibliography

Determinants of Impact: Towards a Better Understanding of Encounters with the Arts

“…We will therefore focus on those empirical attempts to understand people's encounter with art that have originated from behaviourism. This is, indeed, the oldest approach (having been pioneered, as we have seen, in the mid-nineteenth century, when the other theories had not even been fully formulated), and because of the significant volume of research that has 17 The popularity of the study of the aesthetic experience in a scientific and experimental setting is demonstrated by the bibliographical review compiled by Norman Kiell (1965) (Mittleman, 1965). 18 The more recent development of a neurological theory of aesthetic experience (Ramachandran and Hirstein, 1999) is a further interesting theoretical direction of recent scientific attempts to grasp the artistic experience.…”

“…aesthetics ' and 'experimental aesthetics' (;Dickie 1962;Kreitler & Kreitler, 1972;Lindauer, 1973;Maclagan, 2001;Molnar, 1974;Wallach, 1959) Mittleman, 1965). 18 The more recent development of a neurological theory of aesthetic experience (Ramachandran and Hirstein, 1999) is a further interesting theoretical direction of recent scientific attempts to grasp the artistic experience.…”