Introduction

Question 0

Mind

Answer 0

How does the artist see? Are artists more creative?

Question 1

Art elicits an aesthetic response, which includes:

Answer 1

Appreciation and emotion
There is a bias towards beautiful, real things, which is affected by the era / time the piece was produced in
Artists want to convey a feeling
The emotions, cognition, perceptions and memories of the creator and perceiver affect art

Question 2

Why do we create?

Answer 2

We create to:
express and communicate our ideas and feelings,
to impress (mating display…)
and sometimes as an outlet for stress (art therapy)

Question 3

How do we respond to art?

Answer 3

Affected by our psychological interpretations, emotional responses, learned processes (e.g. Preference for certain stimuli/colours)
Are our responses to art present from birth?

Question 4

Brain

Answer 4

Are there universal structures that underlie our appreciation of art?
The golden ratio…
Technical skills
Are artists exploiting the properties of our brain? Zeki, artist as neuroscientist?