Spending Time on Art

Smith, Jeffrey K.; Smith, Lisa F.

doi:10.2190/5mqm-59jh-x21r-jn5j

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“…It was hoped that this study would demonstrate that the perception of art would be affected by the length of time spent looking. The label versus no label condition was an added factor based on the Smith and Smith (2001) study in which longer labels led to less time spent viewing the art. However, what seems to have come out of this study is that ratings are very much dependent on the work of art itself.…”

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Effects of Time and Information on Perception of Art

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Bousquet²,

Chang

et al. 2006

Empirical Studies of the Arts

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This study examined whether the presence of a label and the length of viewing time affect the perception of art. Participants were 152 undergraduate students at an urban university in central New Jersey. A computer program randomly assigned participants to viewing 4 paintings under a label or no label condition and a 1-s, 5-s, 30-s, or 60-s time condition. The paintings were Cezanne's Still Life With Apples, Mondrian's Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue, Monet's Garden at Sainte-Adresse, and Davis' Report from Rockport. After viewing each painting, participants completed a rating scale of 24 adjective pairs. Multivariate analyses of variance indicated little support for the hypotheses that the label condition will lead to different ratings of the art as compared to the non-label condition and that length of viewing time will affect ratings of the art. The reliability coefficients for the rating scale were fairly strong. Results are discussed in terms of how ratings of art are dependent largely on the work of art itself.

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Effects of Time and Information on Perception of Art

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Bousquet²,

Chang

et al. 2006

Empirical Studies of the Arts

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“…Investigators have probed early and a slightly later response to artwork, but such research is still confined to experiences that last less than a few seconds in duration (Cela-Conde et al, 2013). There is recognition that aesthetic experiences vary over longer durations than a few seconds (Chatterjee, 2014;Leder & Nadal, 2014), although the average museum patron spends less than 20 sec engaging with works of art (Smith, Smith, & Tinio, 2017;Smith & Smith, 2001). Architectural encounters, by contrast, tend to be prolonged and are often habitual in the case of frequently visited buildings like one's home, school, or office.…”

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Buildings, Beauty, and the Brain: A Neuroscience of Architectural Experience

Coburn

Vartanian

Chatterjee

2017

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

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A burgeoning interest in the intersection of neuroscience and architecture promises to offer biologically inspired insights into the design of spaces. The goal of such interdisciplinary approaches to architecture is to motivate construction of environments that would contribute to peoples' flourishing in behavior, health, and well-being. We suggest that this nascent field of neuroarchitecture is at a pivotal point in which neuroscience and architecture are poised to extend to a neuroscience of architecture. In such a research program, architectural experiences themselves are the target of neuroscientific inquiry. Here, we draw lessons from recent developments in neuroaesthetics to suggest how neuroarchitecture might mature into an experimental science. We review the extant literature and offer an initial framework from which to contextualize such research. Finally, we outline theoretical and technical challenges that lie ahead. and architecture promises to offer biologically inspired insights into the design of spaces. The goal of such interdisciplinary approaches to architecture is to motivate construction of environments that would contribute to peoples' flourishing in behavior, health, and well-being. We suggest that this nascent field of neuroarchitecture is at a pivotal point in which neuroscience and architecture are poised to extend to a neuroscience of architecture. In such a research program, architectural experiences themselves are the target of neuroscientific inquiry. Here, we draw lessons from recent developments in neuroaesthetics to suggest how neuroarchitecture might mature into an experimental science. We review the extant literature and offer an initial framework from which to contextualize such research. Finally, we outline theoretical and technical challenges that lie ahead. ■ Disciplines Bioethics and Medical Ethics | Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Neurosciences

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“…Moreover, in comparison to viewing time in museum contexts, the time students spent studying the paintings in the current study was relatively long. A study by Smith and Smith (2001) in the Museum's collection, with a median view time of 17.7 seconds. In light of this finding, the roughly 4 minutes of study time in the current study spent on the paintings suggests that, on average, students in the sample took considerable time on the comprehension activities.…”

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confidence: 99%