Opening to experience and preference for figurative and non-figurative works of art

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https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.34769

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personality, big five model, art

Abstract

Nonrepresentational art is another way to refer to abstract art elating to a style in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature. In the last hundred years some experimental investigations of aesthetics and personality have been conducted to reveal fundamental factors which contribute to differences in artistic preference. This study explored associations among openness to experience and preference for visual art. Participants completed an Openess Fatorial Scale and provided preference ratings for different paintings corresponding to representational and nonrepresentational art. The statistical analysis of the data showed a positive correlation between the fantasy factor and appreciation for abstract paintings (r = .20). Here was no statistically significant correlation between this same dimension and the appreciation for figurative paintings. Although these findings are somewhat exploratory and more comprehensive measures of individual differences and art preferences could be employed in new studies in Brazil.

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Silvio José Lemos Vasconcellos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Doutor em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), em Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Psicólogo. Professor Adjunto III da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), em Santa Maria, RS, Brasil, atuando nos cursos de graduação e pós-graduação em Psicologia dessa universidade.

Márcia Elisa Jager, Universidade Franciscana (UFN), Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Mestre em Psicologia pelo PPGP da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), em Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Franciscana (UFN). Licenciada para a educação profissional e tecnológica pelo curso de Formação de Professores para a Educação Profissional e Tecnológica da UFSM. Doutoranda em Psicologia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (PPGP/UFSM), em Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Thiago Ferreira Mucenecki, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões (URI), Santiago, RS, Brasil.

Mestre em Psicologia da Saúde Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), em Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Graduado em Psicologia pelo Centro Universitário Franciscano. Especialista em Neuropsicologia pela PROJECTO-Centro Cultural e de Formação. Professor da Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões (URI - Santiago), RS, Brasil.

Vanessa Cristina Nascimento Coelho, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Mestra em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), em Santa Maria, RS, Brasil; pós-graduanda em Psicologia Jurídica e Avaliação Psicológica. Psicóloga pela instituição Universidade Luterana do Brasil, campus Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Natália Crestani Dvoranovski, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões (URI), Santiago, RS, Brasil.

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Campus de Santiago, RS, Brasil. Atuante na prática clínica. Especialista em Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho, com experiência em aplicação de testes psicológicos nas áreas de Neuropsicologia e orientação profissional. 

Bruna Fragoso Rodrigues, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Graduada em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), em Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. Psicóloga Residente com Ênfase em Saúde do Adulto em Doenças Crônico Degenerativas no Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, no Curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM).

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2022-05-02

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Vasconcellos, S. J. L., Jager, M. E., Mucenecki, T. F., Coelho, V. C. N., Dvoranovski, N. C., & Rodrigues, B. F. (2022). Opening to experience and preference for figurative and non-figurative works of art. Psico, 53(1), e34769. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2022.1.34769

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