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Art for A New Consciousness, Art for A New Humanity: An Empirical Investigation of Aesthetic Effect of Kamran Khavarani?s Paintings

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  • Parisa Amirmostofian

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  • Simin Mozayeni

    (SUNY New Paltz)

Abstract

Our hypothesis is that Khavarani?s painting style, Abstract Romanticism, combines artistic elements that impart positive effect on viewers? psyche. Our data encompass survey of 318 viewers? responses, recorded in six Likert scales. We used Random Group Design to administer and organize the data. Our estimation results, using the Friedman, Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests, produced ?2 values, which confirm our hypothesis with 95-100% confidence. We conclude that Khavarani?s paintings impart positive effect on viewers? psyche. In a future study, we?ll report that such effect is independent of viewer?s age, gender, and their base mood. We invoke Vartanian and Skov (2014): When our subjects viewed Khavarani?s paintings, they ?maximized the utility of the moment? and ?disengaged? from their external world. We recognize that as experiencing meditative joy.

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  • Parisa Amirmostofian & Simin Mozayeni, 2016. "Art for A New Consciousness, Art for A New Humanity: An Empirical Investigation of Aesthetic Effect of Kamran Khavarani?s Paintings," International Journal of Social Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 5(1), pages 27-46, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sek:jijoss:v:5:y:2016:i:1:p:27-46
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    1. Simin Mozayeni & Karl Heiner & Parisa Amirmostofian, 2017. "A Pattern Analysis Application: Time Series Traces of the Effect of Kamran Khavarani?s Paintings on Viewers? Mood," International Journal of Social Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 6(2), pages 44-62, September.
    2. Simin Mozayeni & Parisa Amirmostofian, 2016. "Comparison of Parametric and Nonparametric Modeling: Aesthetic Effect of Kamran Khavarani?s Paintings," International Journal of Social Sciences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, vol. 5(1), pages 72-92, February.

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    Keywords

    Khavarani; Abstract Romanticism; Meditative Effect of Painting; Behavioral Economic;
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    JEL classification:

    • C35 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions
    • C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
    • Z11 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economics of the Arts and Literature

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