1. It gives us fresh insights about ourselves and our history.
Experts and viewers describe immersive positive and unpleasant emotion, and transformative effects of art.Source: Pixel-Shot/ShutterstockDespite the vast scholarship in the psychology of art and aesthetics, we are still only starting to learn about the kinds of thoughts, insights, and understandings that people gain from experiencing art.
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania led by Anjan Chatterjee started by conveying an interdisciplinary group of art experts – philosophers, theologians, art historians, neuroscientists, and psychologists of art – and asking them to generate a list of terms that describe the impact of art. The result was a set of 69 cognitive-emotional terms. These terms were used as a starting point to understand the experience of art in the general public.
The question is, what makes those special pieces of art meaningful? In a study at the Whitney Museum of American Art, we examined that fundamental question. We approached visitors and asked them about the most meaningful piece of art they encountered. After analyzing visitor interviews, five broad themes emerged about what makes art meaningful and what are the lessons – new understandings and insights – that people gain.When art creates understanding of ourselves, people draw from it personal meaning and make connections to their lives, identify inspiration and personal transformation, realize a need for intellectual humility, and find emotional stimulation. For example, one visitor described their experience of2.
Meaningful art stimulates understanding of relationships and connections with others, inspires insights about society and history, and
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