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- Title
Slow Looking at Slow Art: The Work of Pierre Bonnard.
- Authors
Chamberlain, Rebecca; Pepperell, Robert
- Abstract
Slow looking is an increasingly prevalent strategy for enhancing visitor engagement in the gallery, yet there is little research to show why looking at artworks for longer should be beneficial. The curator of a recent exhibition of Pierre Bonnard at the Tate Gallery in London encouraged viewers to look slowly in order to enrich their experience of Bonnard's paintings. This article explores some of the reasons why Bonnard's work, in particular, rewards the viewer who spends more time studying it. The authors draw on various scientific studies of the ways in which observers process color contrasts, spatial configuration and figure-ground segregation in artworks and in everyday vision. They propose that prolonged interactions with works of art can facilitate perceptual learning, and they suggest ways in which these effects could be empirically studied using psychological methods.
- Subjects
PERCEPTUAL learning; BONNARD, Pierre, 1867-1947; SENSORY stimulation; TATE Gallery; PAINTING; ART museum curators; NONVERBAL learning; PSYCHOLOGY of learning
- Publication
Leonardo, 2021, Vol 54, Issue 6, p615
- ISSN
0024-094X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/leon_a_02054