How to appreciate art (Psychology of Things 2/2)

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-art-of-seeing-csikszentmihalyi-robinson/

In the ambitious study "The Art of Seeing: An Interpretation of the Aesthetic Encounter", Csikszentmihalyi and his associates analyze how a person experiences and appreciates art. Through the use of questionnaires of art experts, both the reason why we like art, and what we can do to enjoy it more, are explored.

Intro: 0:00
What is good art? 1:21
Artist as Neurotic 1:51
The Head and the Heart 4:39
Different people, different experiences 6:10
Art and Flow 7:22
The Art of Seeing (How to appreciate art) 8:35
Outro: 20:54

The Art of Seeing: An Interpretation of the Aesthetic Encounter ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Rick E. Robinson: Paperback: https://amzn.to/2Jbn8fM

1001 Paintings you must see before you die: https://amzn.to/325vZ9F

Credits:

Stock photos, paintings and footage from Storyblocks and Wikipedia

Music:

Beethoven - Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 - III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ivan Ilic

Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Chiara Bertoglio

Schubert - Fantasy in C Major Op.15 D.760 'Wanderer' - II. Adagio - Daniel Blanch

Paintings in order of appearance:

Jean Germain Drouais - Marius at Minturnae
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin - Still-Life with Jar of Olives
Antonio Canova - Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
Pablo Picasso - Melancholy Woman
Edvard Munch - Melancholy
Vincent Van Gogh - Wheatfield with Crows
Vincent Van Gogh - The Sower at sunset
Vincent Van Gogh - The Sower
Ferdinand Hodler - Rhythmic landscape on Lake Geneva
Joaquín Sorolla - Walk on the beach
Ferdinand Hodler - Lake Geneva from Chexbres
Vincent Van Gogh - Sunflowers (F458), repetition of the 4th version (yellow background)
Johannes Vermeer - The Music Lesson
Vincent Van Gogh - The Langlois Bridge at Arles (F570)
JMW Turner - Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth
Juan Gris - Portrait of Picasso
Vincent Van Gogh - Café Table with Absinthe
Diego Velázquez - Las Meninas
Katsushika Hokusai - Red Fuji southern wind clear morning
John Singer Sargeant - Madame X
Peder Severin Krøyer - Hip, Hip, Hurrah!
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Equestrienne (at the cirque fernando)
Julius Exner - Gondola excursion
Édouard Vuillard - Garden at Vaucresson
Jackson Pollack - Number One (Lavender Mist)
Kazimir Malevich - Black Suprematic Square
Kazimir Malevich and Nikolai Suetin - Black Circle
Max Liebermann - In the field
Johannes Vermeer - Girl with a pearl earring
Rembrandt - Self-portrait
Jan Willem Pieneman - The Battle of Waterloo
H. A. Brendekilde - Young girls picking anemones in a spring forest
H. A. Brendekilde - A wooded path in autumn
John Atkinson Grimshaw - Evening glow
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Self Portrait in a Straw Hat
Edward Hopper - Nighthawks
Giorgione - The tempest
Vincent Van Gogh - Flowering orchard, surrounded by cypress
Vincent Van Gogh - The Pink Orchard also Orchard with Blooming Apricot Trees
Vincent Van Gogh - Flowering Peach Tree
Vincent Van Gogh - View of Arles, flowering orchards
Vincent Van Gogh - The Olive Trees
Vincent Van Gogh - Saint-Rémy - Road with Cypress and Star
Vincent Van Gogh - Starry Night
Pablo Picasso - Sculpture in Daley Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, US
Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above sea fog
Caspar David Friedrich - The life stages
Jacques-Louis David - The death of Marat
Leonardo Di Vinci - Mona Lisa
Moritz von Schwind - Early morning
Eugene von Guerard - North-east view from the northern top of Mount Kosciusko
Frederic Edwin Church - Niagara Falls, from the American Side
Ferdinand Hodler - Lake Thun 1905