Biographical features of the author of the piece of art as a determinant of the viewer’s aesthetic reaction

Authors

  • Alexandra V. Chistopolskaya P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl state University Author
  • Timofei V. Shumilov P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl state University , The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration image/svg+xml Author
  • Anastasiya E. Petrova National Research University Higher School of Economics image/svg+xml Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18255/1996-5648-2025-4-690-699

Keywords:

perception of art, aesthetic reaction, biography of the author

Abstract

This study is devoted to the comparison of viewers’ assessments of paintings created by authors with different biographies in cases when the painting depicts scenes that are congruent and incongruent with facts from the biography. In particular, we are interested in whether the viewers have dissonance, vivid emotions, a change in the cognitive scheme in the cases when the facts from the author’s biography contradict what is depicted in their painting. And also, what are the features of the aesthetic reaction of viewers to these pieces in different conditions of their presentation. A hypothesis is put forward about the presence of differences in the expression of the aesthetic reaction to a piece whose content is related to the facts from the biography of its author, in the case of positive and negative valence of these facts. At the same time, this pattern will not be observed when the content of the painting does not correlate with the features of the biography of its author.

Author Biographies

  • Alexandra V. Chistopolskaya, P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl state University
    Cand. Sc. (Psychology)
  • Timofei V. Shumilov, P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl state University, The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
    Postgraduate
  • Anastasiya E. Petrova, National Research University Higher School of Economics
    Психолог

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Published

2025-11-19

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2025)

Section

Psychology