Structural analysis of the emotions aroused by art works

Abstract

In the field of art, various works have been created by artificial intelligence. However, there are skeptics who claim “Because artists are humans, they can impress humans.” As such, it is important to understand human emotions first that the arts can provoke. In this research, we will clarify how human minds are affected by art works. Specifically, we conducted a questionnaire to survey “the most impressive visual art work in life,” “emotional factors,” and “human characteristics.” As a result, we found seven emotional factors and eight human characteristics. In addition, the structuralization and analysis of the collected data by Bayesian network confirmed that the concepts related to the aesthetic type discussed in aesthetic research are quantitatively expressed. This structural analysis provides evidence of aesthetic research and becomes basic knowledge to understand artistic sensibility of humans.