Abstract
In this study, the eye movements of subjects appreciating artwork to a black-and-white drawing of a single color were analyzed. The study targeted both students who have not formally received any art education (non-expert) and those who have formally received art education (expert). The line-of-sight targets were (1) a darkly colored part, (2) a lightly colored part, and (3) a part without any drawing. In the part lightly drawn with black ink, the difference in eye movements between expert and non-expert learners and the effects of the presence or absence of explanatory text were noticeable. By presenting the explanatory text, the number of eye fixations in the non-expert and the expert learner increased significantly. The increase was significantly greater for the expert learner than for the non-expert learner. In addition, the expert learners showed significantly longer fixation duration to the target before reading the explanatory text compared to the non-expert learners. However, after reading the explanatory text, fixation duration to the target in the expert learners decreased significantly.
