Cross-cultural Universals of Aesthetic Appreciation in Decorative Band Patterns, Volume 1NICI, 1999 - 233 pages In aesthetics, it is generally assumed that preferences depend on culture and personality. Although cultural and personal preferences can indeed differ to a large extent, there is also a significant shared preference independent of culture and personality. Investigation to what extent properties of aesthetic objects are independent of culture. To this purpose decorative band patterns from cultures all over the world and throughout history are compared. There might be some universal aesthetic preferences of the designers of the patterns and their customers. |
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