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Culture influence on aesthetic perception of Chinese and western paintings: evidence from eye movement patterns

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Xianjun Sam Zheng,

Kaiping PengAuthors Info & Claims

VINCI '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction

Pages 72 - 78

https://doi.org/10.1145/2493102.2493111

Published: 17 August 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Previous research showed that different cultures play a significant role in influencing people's perception and cognition: Eastern people attend more to the background and context, whereas western people focus more on objects. However, the culture influence on people's aesthetic perception and experience has not been systematically explored. In the first part of our study, we measured the eye movements of Chinese and western participants while they viewed Chinese traditional Ink-wash paintings, and we found that the Chinese participants had longer fixation time in the white space areas than did the western participants. In the second part of the study, we measured their eye movements while they viewed different paintings composed by the linear perspective or scattered perspective techniques, and the results suggest that the western participants are more sensitive to the perspective difference between paintings. The findings contribute to the understanding of culture influence on people's aesthetic perception of visual art and visual communication.

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Culture influence on aesthetic perception of Chinese and western paintings: evidence from eye movement patterns
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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VINCI '13: Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction

August 2013

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ISBN:9781450319881

DOI:10.1145/2493102

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Tianjin University, China
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University of Salerno, Italy
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University of Macau, Macau

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Deng JChen JLei Y(2024)A Study on the Visual Perception of Cultural Value Characteristics of Traditional Southern Fujian Architecture Based on Eye TrackingBuildings10.3390/buildings1411352914:11(3529)Online publication date: 5-Nov-2024
https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14113529
Grootjen JWeingärtner HMayer S(2024)Uncovering and Addressing Blink-Related Challenges in Using Eye Tracking for Interactive SystemsProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642086(1-23)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642086

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