A brief examination of the psychology and motivations for hanging art on the walls inside our homes. From an "evolutionary biological" point of view, it serves no purpose.
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Hmmm.
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 the
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 (67%)âRealistic
 lookingâ
 (60%)
Outdoors
 scenes
 (88%)
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featuring
 lakes,
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rivers,
 oceans
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Wild
 animals
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in
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 (89%)
Persons
 in
 group
 (48%)
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Fully
 clothed
 (68%)
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At
 leisure
 time
 (45%)
Ordinary
 or
 famous
 people
 (50%)
Fall
 scene
 (33%)
Soft
 curves
 (66%)
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and
 playful,
 whimsical
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design
 (49%)
Colors
 blended
 (68%)
Brush
 strokes
 (53%)
Blue
 (44%)
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Study
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 a
 pinch
 of
 salt,
 but
 you
 get
 the
 idea.
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 size
 (4%)Paintings
 that
 are
 âdifferent
 lookingâ
 (30%)
Thick
 textured
Â
Â
surfaces
 (40%)
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 patterns
 (30%)
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 shades
 (22%)
Sharp
 angles
 (22%)
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and
 bold,
 stark
Â
designs
 (39%)
Colors
 unblended
 (18%)
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 orange,
 peach
Â
teal
 (1%)
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I
 feel
 at
 home
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I
 feel
 at
 home
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Mind:
 âThis
 reminds
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you
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 summers
Â
in
 Englandâ
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RESOURCES
71
The
 Spandrels
 of
 San
 MarcoâŠ
 (By
 Stephen
 Gould)
Â
The
 Assessment
 of
 Art
 Attributes
 (Chatterjee
 et
 al.)
Â
!
Click
 on
 any
 of
 the
 books
 below,
 or
Â
see
 all
 books
 on
 Amazon
Â
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CREDITS
72
Lounge
 image
 by
 CGI
 artist
 Dean
Â
Punched
 (ARD
 Digital)
Â
!
Most
 art
 images
 from
Â
 art.com
 or
 allposters.com
Â
(See
 list
 on
 next
 slides)
Â
!
!
art.com
 labs
 âcolorâ
 website
 by
 fantastic
Â
art.com
 Labs
 team.
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ART
73
Slide
 Number Art
 shown
1,4 Night
 and
 Day
 by
 Katherin
 Lovell
2 Mosaic
 Light
 Bulb
 by
 Wavebreak
 Media
 Ltd
3 Periscope
 Field
 Glasses
5 Strawberry
 Shakes
 by
 Louise
 Max
10 Sunset
 Beach
 by
 Daniel
 Pollera
11 Dreaming
 Red
 Tree
 by
 Melissa
 Graves-ÂâBrown
11 Closeup
 of
 Rose
12 White
 House
 by
 the
 Sea
 by
 E
 Kryiakopoulou
14 Tuscan
 Pleasures
 by
 Husley
15 Womenâs
 Face
 Sketch
 II
 by
 Simin
 Meykadeh
16 Wednesday
 Whimsy
 III
 by
 Jeni
 Lee
17 The
 Seine
 by
 the
 Island
 of
 Jatte
 in
 Spring
 by
 Georges
 Seurat
18 Because
 of
 You
 1
 by
 Philippe
 Sainte-ÂâLaudy
23 Whaam!
 by
 Roy
 Lichtenstein
24 Snow
 Geese
 Flying
 in
 Formation
 by
 Arthur
 Morris
25 Mona
 Lisa
 by
 Leonardo
 da
 Vinci
25 A
 Peacock
 Spreads
 its
 Feathers
 at
 the
 Alipore
 Zoo
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ART
74
Slide Art
26,
 27 Within
 by
 Jennifer
 Lommers
26 Abstract
 Blue
 Fractal
 Design
28 Bottle
 and
 Glass
 of
 Water
29 Coca-ÂâCola
31 No.
 14
 (Gray)
 by
 Jackson
 Pollock
37 Just
 Another
 Day
 in
 LA
 by
 Eric
 Joyner
39 Pretty
 Little
 Liars
40,
 42,
 43,
 44,
 45 Woman
 With
 a
 Parasol
 -Ââ
 Madame
 Monet
 and
 Her
 Son
 by
 Claude
 Monet
46 Pulp
 Fiction
50,
 51 Starry
 Night
 by
 Vincent
 Van
 Gogh
52 Almond
 Branches
 in
 Bloom
 by
 Vincent
 Van
 Gogh
53 View
 of
 Arles
 with
 Irises
 by
 Vincent
 Van
 Gogh
54 Lovers
 at
 Chi
 Tou
 by
 Chi
 Wen
55 Deer
 Wearing
 Gym
 Socks
 by
 Charmaine
 Olivia