Stephan Elena, Faust Miriam, Borodkin Katy
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel; The Leslie and Susan Gonda (Golschmied) Multidisciplinary Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Acta Psychol (Amst). 2018 May;186:71-80. doi: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2018.04.005. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
Our work examines the role of psychological distancing in responses to art. We argued that the context of a foreign (vs native) language may distance the individual away from the pragmatic everyday perception style and enhance appreciation of paintings. We established the distinction between the sets of abstract and representational paintings in terms of perceptual-cognitive features and affective responses (Study 1). Then, we examined the influence of language context on appreciation of paintings. When examined separately, abstract paintings were better appreciated within a foreign (than native) language context (Study 2a), whereas appreciation of representational paintings was not significantly enhanced by a foreign language (Study 2b). The combined analysis of Studies 2a and 2b suggests, however, that distance induced by the foreign language similarly enhances appreciation of abstract and representational art.
我们的研究探讨了心理距离在对艺术作品的反应中所起的作用。我们认为，外语（相对于母语）环境可能会使个体远离务实的日常感知方式，从而增强对绘画的欣赏。我们根据感知认知特征和情感反应，对抽象画和具象画进行了区分（研究1）。然后，我们考察了语言环境对绘画欣赏的影响。单独来看，抽象画在使用外语（而非母语）的环境中能得到更好的欣赏（研究2a），而外语环境并未显著增强对具象画的欣赏（研究2b）。然而，对研究2a和2b的综合分析表明，外语所引发的距离感同样能增强对抽象艺术和具象艺术的欣赏。
