The Experimental Psychology of Beauty

Originally published in 1962, the experimental study of aesthetics was a field particularly associated with the name of C.W. Valentine, who in this book provided a critical review of research carried out since the end of the nineteenth century principally by British and American psychologists.

Autorentext

C.W. Valentine

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Colour and Colour Preferences 3. Attitudes to Colours and Combinations of Colours 4. Form: Lines, Shapes and Suggested Movement 5. Balance and Symmetry 6. The Appearance of Aesthetic Appreciation in Young Children 7. Experiments with Pictures 8. Further Experiments with Pictures and with Photographs of Objets D'Art 9. Some Reactions to Modern Art 10. Musical Intervals and Attitudes to Music 11. Some Special Aspects of and Factors in Listening to Music 12. Music and the Expression of Emotions or 'Meaning' 13. Experiments on the Appreciation of Poetry 14. Experiments with Modern Poetry 15. Conclusion. Appendix Correlations. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.