Popular Measurement Vol 4

Figurative Note. Abstract images are constructed by an algorithm that randomly assigns elements to adesign. Painted figurative images conform to complexity level in corresponding VDT Abstract.Both VDT Abstract and Figurative images were co-calibrated to define a common artistic judg-ment aptitude construct.PERSONS MAP OF ITEMS| +|. |||||. |2+. |# |T|||T|. | Abs2.# 1+ MAT13 MAT9.## | Abs20 MAT18.# | Abs4### S|S Abs1 Abs12 Abs16 Abs21## | Abs3 Abs5 MAT5 REN6.###### |.## |#### | Abs10 Abs19 Abs6 Abs8### 0+M Abs18 Abs27 B3 R16 S2 S7.####### | Abs17 Abs9 B20 B8 R12######### | B15 R1 S11 S17.### M| Abs25.### | Abs33### |S.### |### |.###-1+ MIR4## | Abs14 Abs31 MIR19.## | Abs35 MIR10.## S|T| MIR14## |.# ||#-2+. |T|. |||.## ||-3+|. |||||. |+|22 Abstract items20 Figurative items244 personsMore artisticjudgment Less artisticjudgment Popular Measurement30Volume 4 (2002) Figure 2. Figurative item profiles Note. All forced-choice items are keyed by artist preference. Nonrepresentational figurativestyles define lower portion of this variable, indicating items on which it is easier to agree withartists. Upper portion is defined by representational figurative images that are very difficult. Wespeculate they identify persons commonly referred to as “natural artists.”Painting Complexitystylelevel-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 ______________________________________________|------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------| 011 Fauvism93rd 011 Fauvism131st|| 011 Fauvism182nd|||| 011 Fauvism5--011 Renaissance6 ---|||| 011 Renaissance16 1st 011 Surrealism72nd 011 Surrealism21st 011 Baroque33rd 011 Baroque8--011 Baroque201st 011 Renaissance12 3rd 011 Renaissance1 2nd 011 Surrealism11 3rd 011 Baroque152nd 011 Surrealism17 ---|||| 011 Impressionism4 1st|| 011 Impressionism19 2nd 011 Impressionism10 3rd|| 011 Impressionism14 ---|------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------|-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 1 11 2 22 3 21 1 11 2 5 9 0 31 7152 2 38 1 57 12 41PERSONST S M S T