How art is appreciated

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-10

  Leder, Helmut ^a   Gerger, Gernot ^a   Dressler, Stefan G ^a   Schabmann, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Art appreciation; Art expertise; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873949750     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026396     Document Type: Article

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