Hypotheses
- Representations of threatening facial features will use angular and diagonal patterns (88).Aronoff, Joel - How we recognize angry and happy emotion in people, places, and things, 2006 - 2 Variables
This article presents a series of tests done to determine which geometric patterns in the features of masks, classical ballet, and 17th-century Dutch art evoke emotions of threat. Results suggest that diagonal and angular forms evoke emotions of threat.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - Reduced curvilinearity and increased diagonality will be seen as more bad, more powerful, and/or more active (96).Aronoff, Joel - How we recognize angry and happy emotion in people, places, and things, 2006 - 2 Variables
This article presents a series of tests done to determine which geometric patterns in the features of masks, classical ballet, and 17th-century Dutch art evoke emotions of threat. Results suggest that diagonal and angular forms evoke emotions of threat.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - In 17th-century Dutch art, threatening configurations will take meaning from diagonal and angular forms and happy and intimate configurations take meaning from curved forms (99).Aronoff, Joel - How we recognize angry and happy emotion in people, places, and things, 2006 - 2 Variables
This article presents a series of tests done to determine which geometric patterns in the features of masks, classical ballet, and 17th-century Dutch art evoke emotions of threat. Results suggest that diagonal and angular forms evoke emotions of threat.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Diagonal lines and acute angles [will] elicit subjective emotional responses associated with threat, in comparison to the more positive emotional response evoked by curved or straight lines " (89).Aronoff, Joel - How we recognize angry and happy emotion in people, places, and things, 2006 - 2 Variables
This article presents a series of tests done to determine which geometric patterns in the features of masks, classical ballet, and 17th-century Dutch art evoke emotions of threat. Results suggest that diagonal and angular forms evoke emotions of threat.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Within a diverse set of cultures, masks used to convey threat would more frequently use the components of (previously identified) threatening facial displays than would masks used to convey positive emotions" (85).Aronoff, Joel - How we recognize angry and happy emotion in people, places, and things, 2006 - 1 Variables
This article presents a series of tests done to determine which geometric patterns in the features of masks, classical ballet, and 17th-century Dutch art evoke emotions of threat. Results suggest that diagonal and angular forms evoke emotions of threat.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - ". . . there would be more curved [and complex] designs in polygynous societies and more straight-line designs in monogamous societies" (86)Fischer, J. L. - Art styles as cultural cognitive maps, 1961 - 3 Variables
This paper tests theory suggesting that art is a form of expressive cultures which ultimately is shaped by the social conditions under which people in a society live. Focuses on social hierarchy and its relationship to art styles.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Symmetrical design (a special case of repetition) should characterize egalitarian societies; asymmetrical design should characterize hierarchical societies" (81)Fischer, J. L. - Art styles as cultural cognitive maps, 1961 - 2 Variables
This paper tests theory suggesting that art is a form of expressive cultures which ultimately is shaped by the social conditions under which people in a society live. Focuses on social hierarchy and its relationship to art styles.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Figures without enclosures should characterize egalitarian societies; enclosed figures should characterize hierarchical societies" (81)Fischer, J. L. - Art styles as cultural cognitive maps, 1961 - 2 Variables
This paper tests theory suggesting that art is a form of expressive cultures which ultimately is shaped by the social conditions under which people in a society live. Focuses on social hierarchy and its relationship to art styles.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Complex, nonrepetitive design, representing a hierarchical society, should be associated with societies which favor male solidarity in residence" (84)Fischer, J. L. - Art styles as cultural cognitive maps, 1961 - 2 Variables
This paper tests theory suggesting that art is a form of expressive cultures which ultimately is shaped by the social conditions under which people in a society live. Focuses on social hierarchy and its relationship to art styles.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author - "Design repetitive of a number of rather simple elements should characterize egalitarian societies; design integrating a number of unlike elements should . . . characterize hierarchical societies" (81)Fischer, J. L. - Art styles as cultural cognitive maps, 1961 - 2 Variables
This paper tests theory suggesting that art is a form of expressive cultures which ultimately is shaped by the social conditions under which people in a society live. Focuses on social hierarchy and its relationship to art styles.
Related Hypotheses Cite More By Author