Attention to Attributes of Paintings by Subjects Trained and Untrained in the Visual Arts: A Multidimensional Scaling Study

A key component contributing to the goals of visual arts education is a clearer understanding of the complex perceptual and cognitive processes involved in viewing and responding to a work of art. Researchers with a variety of interests have explored many factors affecting response: for example, age, personality, conceptual complexity and classification into stylistic categories. Of further interest to the visual arts researcher is isolation of specific dimensions of painting style given attention by viewers. One method of investigating these questions, multidimensional scaling (MDS), has shown promise. In this study, identification of specific dimensions of attributes of painting that capture the attention of viewers, both trained and untrained in the arts, was sought.

Name thesis:degree_name

Educat.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Maitland-Gholson, Jane C.

• Education, Art

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8502231

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71902