%0 Journal Article %1 MGK08 %A Masuda, Takahiko %A Gonzalez, Richard %A Kwan, Letty %A Nisbett, Richard E. %D 2008 %J Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin %K aesthetic_preference americans article asians comparison drawing englisch experiment landscape photography poe-2008 portrait study %N 9 %P 1260-1275 %T Culture and Aesthetic Preference: Comparing the Attention to Context of East Asians and Americans %V 34 %X Prior research indicates that East Asians are more sensitive to contextual information than Westerners. This article explored aesthetics to examine whether cultural variations were observable in art and photography. Study 1 analyzed traditional artistic styles using archival data in representative museums. Study 2 investigated how contemporary East Asians and Westerners draw landscape pictures and take portrait photographs. Study 3 further investigated aesthetic preferences for portrait photographs. The results suggest that (a) traditional East Asian art has predominantly context-inclusive styles, whereas Western art has predominantly objectfocused styles, and (b) contemporary members of East Asian and Western cultures maintain these culturally shaped aesthetic orientations. The findings can be explained by the relation among attention, cultural resources, and aesthetic preference.

@article{MGK08, abstract = {Prior research indicates that East Asians are more sensitive to contextual information than Westerners. This article explored aesthetics to examine whether cultural variations were observable in art and photography. Study 1 analyzed traditional artistic styles using archival data in representative museums. Study 2 investigated how contemporary East Asians and Westerners draw landscape pictures and take portrait photographs. Study 3 further investigated aesthetic preferences for portrait photographs. The results suggest that (a) traditional East Asian art has predominantly context-inclusive styles, whereas Western art has predominantly objectfocused styles, and (b) contemporary members of East Asian and Western cultures maintain these culturally shaped aesthetic orientations. The findings can be explained by the relation among attention, cultural resources, and aesthetic preference.}, added-at = {2008-09-04T14:49:38.000+0200}, author = {Masuda, Takahiko and Gonzalez, Richard and Kwan, Letty and Nisbett, Richard E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b960967db5db9a76f00cf2842400d49a/kregulski}, description = {Der Artikel ist als Volltext über die Nationallizenzen von Sage Publications abrufbar.}, interhash = {241c6d1475599ae54351ba431773e9ae}, intrahash = {b960967db5db9a76f00cf2842400d49a}, journal = {Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin}, keywords = {aesthetic_preference americans article asians comparison drawing englisch experiment landscape photography poe-2008 portrait study}, number = 9, pages = {1260-1275}, timestamp = {2008-09-04T14:49:38.000+0200}, title = {Culture and Aesthetic Preference: Comparing the Attention to Context of East Asians and Americans}, volume = 34, year = 2008 }