Aesthetic Sensitivity, Dogmatism and the Eisner Art Inventories

Anderson, Frances E.

doi:10.2307/1319889

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“…Two main models were used for this study. The first model was based on the concept of aesthetic measure (Birkhoff 1933), which states that complexity is associated to beauty, a concept that was used by Elliot Eisner, who showed that subjects with aesthetic sensitivity usually have a strong preference for art and complexity (Anderson 1971). Lindquist (1977) considered spalted wood a piece of art made by nature.…”

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Understanding the demographics of U.S. woodturners and their knowledge of spalted wood

Gutierrez

Robinson

2019

International Wood Products Journal

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Woodworkers have used spalted wood (wood decayed and coloured by fungi) for marquetry and intarsia for over 500 years. However despite the long history and ubiquitous nature of the material, the use has never been 'mainstream,' and little is known about the people who use it and how they value the material. This study examined the knowledge and perceptions of spalted wood by U.S. woodturners (the primary consumers of spalted wood), specifically those affiliated with the American Association of Woodturners, in order to build a framework for understanding the potential commercial value. The U.S.A. woodturning community consists mostly of men between the ages of 65-74 years old, with high education levels and high income (between $100,000 and $149,000). There was also a strong positive correlation between the number of years woodturning and the amount of knowledge about spalted wood.

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Understanding the demographics of U.S. woodturners and their knowledge of spalted wood

Gutierrez

Robinson

2019

International Wood Products Journal

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“…However, in the Haritos-Fatouros and Child (1977) Ross (1976) and Berlyne (1975) might strengthen the test as a measure of universal esthetic judgment. Finally, several different measures and methods of assessing esthetic judgments would be helpful in such research because the nature of making esthetic judgments is extremely complex (Anderson, 1968(Anderson, , 1969(Anderson, , and 1971. It would also seem important to include examples of art and artifacts that are culture specific to each group/ nation/culture under study so as to help build in functional and conceptual equivalence (Gordon and Kikuchi, 1966).…”

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