The Relationship between Knowledge about the Artist’s Mental Illness and Artwork Reception
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
- The results showed that in the layperson group, information about the mental illness of the artist influenced the subjective assessment of the intensity of emotions experienced during contact with the work of art (knowledge group: Mean (M) = 3.35 Standard Deviation (SD) = 0.58; without knowledge group: M = 2.88, SD = 0.5). The type of emotions did not change, but differences were noticeable in the dimensions of arousal and domination (Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) 2: knowledge group: M = 2.9, SD = 0.46; without knowledge group: M = 2.4, SD = 0.39; SAM 3: M = 3.94, SD = 0.18 and M = 3.13 SD = 0.25). The findings show that both arousal and domination were higher for those who had knowledge about the mental illness of the artist (Figure 1).
- In the case of the expert group, there was no support for the hypothesis. The level of emotions experienced did not show significant differences between the “knowledge group” and the “group without knowledge” (knowledge group: M = 2.92, SD = 0.41, group without knowledge: M = 2.96, SD = 0.31) (Figure 2).
- With regards to the question about the subjective attitude to the specific artwork, (i.e., the opposition “liked–disliked”), it was observed that the subgroup that evaluated the works as below average was the group of experts without knowledge about the artist’s mental illness.
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Research Procedure
- An electronic copy of the chosen work was presented to the participants (each image was displayed for one minute).
- The task of the respondents was to fill out two questionnaires (described below).
- Just before the exposition, half of the respondents were informed that the works were painted during art therapy by a person treated for schizophrenia.
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Experts Knowledge | Experts without Knowledge | Laypeople Knowledge | Laypeople without Knowledge | |
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SD | 0.73 | 0.52 | 0.74 | 0.85 |
M | 3.97 | 4.17 | 3.98 | 3.87 |
Experts Knowledge | Experts without Knowledge | Laypeople Knowledge | Laypeople without Knowledge | |
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SD | 0.78 | 0.26 | 0.77 | 0.94 |
M | 3.97 | 4.57 | 3.73 | 3.79 |
Scale | Valence Rating | Arousal Rating | Dominance Rating |
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5 | Pleasant | Excited | Dependent |
4 | Pleased | Wide-awake | Powerless |
3 | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral |
2 | Unsatisfied | Dull | Powerful |
1 | Unpleasant | Calm | Independent |
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Tofilski, M.; Stawski, F. The Relationship between Knowledge about the Artist’s Mental Illness and Artwork Reception. Psych 2019, 1, 92-100. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych1010007
Tofilski M, Stawski F. The Relationship between Knowledge about the Artist’s Mental Illness and Artwork Reception. Psych. 2019; 1(1):92-100. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych1010007
Chicago/Turabian StyleTofilski, Mateusz, and Filip Stawski. 2019. "The Relationship between Knowledge about the Artist’s Mental Illness and Artwork Reception" Psych 1, no. 1: 92-100. https://doi.org/10.3390/psych1010007