Dam, Wouter van (2025) The Role of Artwork Origin and Art Experience in Aesthetic Evaluation. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
As artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly contributes to the creation of visual art, questions arise about how the perceived origin of an artwork influences its evaluation. This study investigated whether artworks labelled as AI-generated versus human-made are perceived differently in terms of beauty, creativity, and emotional intensity, and whether these effects are moderated by art experience. A total of 199 participants viewed abstract artworks paired with origin-based descriptions and provided ratings using evaluative scales and the Geneva Emotion Wheel. A repeated-measures design was employed with artwork origin as a within-subjects factor and art experience (low vs. high) as a between-subjects factor. Results showed that participants rated human-made artworks as significantly more beautiful and creative than AI-generated ones, particularly among those with higher art experience. However, no significant effects of artwork origin or art experience were found for emotional intensity. These findings might suggest that aesthetic evaluations are strongly influenced by beliefs about authorship, highlighting the enduring cultural and psychological value ascribed to human agency in art, even in the face of increasingly sophisticated generative AI.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Cox, R.F.A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2025 10:10 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2025 10:10 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5694 |
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