Thursday, August 08, 2013

How Thomas Kinkade Helped Prove That Art Can Be Scientifically Bad

Source: http://gizmodo.com/how-thomas-kinkade-helped-prove-that-art-can-be-scienti-1066345777

How Thomas Kinkade Helped Prove That Art Can Be Scientifically Bad

What’s your favorite meal? Logically, your answer depends on the foods you’re familiar with. Now here’s another question: Who’s your favorite painter? Turns out the same logic doesn't apply. A new study that pits Thomas Kinkade against 19th century painter John Everett Millais has proven that some art actually is objectively good or bad—contradicting what scientists previously assumed about aesthetics.

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