Cross-cultural empirical aesthetics seeks to determine whether the psychological processes
underlying aesthetic preference are universal. Here we provide a critical review of the field's …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to (1) characterize representational and
nonrepresentational images;(2) review the literature on representational and …

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Most people encounter art images as digital reproductions on a computer screen instead of
as originals in a museum or gallery. With the development of digital technologies, high …

We investigated in “art-naïve” German and Chinese participants the perception of color and
spatial balance in abstract art. For color perception, we asked participants (a) to adjust the …

Over the past two decades, researchers in the field of visual aesthetics have studied
numerous quantitative (objective) image properties and how they relate to visual aesthetic …

Despite the philosophical literature concerning the sublime and the beautiful, dating back to
Burke (1759/2008), there is still limited empirical evidence regarding the visual aesthetics of …

Symmetry and contour take part in shaping visual preference. However, less is known about
their combined contribution to preference. We examined the hedonic tone and preference …

A long-lasting debate in the field of esthetics is the extent to which beauty is inherent to the
object of appreciation or to the subject contemplating it. Several studies suggest that …

Digital images taken by mobile phones are the most frequent class of images created today.
Due to their omnipresence and the many ways they are encountered, they require a specific …