Abstract:Why do some people find allure in artworks that focus on elements of repulsion, horror, and the bizarre? Across two studies, we examined how openness to experience, sensation seeking, need for affect, emotionality, disgust sensitivity, political orientation, art knowledge, and participant gender relate to the liking of grotesque art. In Study 1, participants (N = 203) rated their liking and interest in 40 works of grotesque art. As ratings of liking and interest were highly correlated (r = .88), we averaged th… Show more
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