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How does the amount of movement and observer expertise shape the perception of motion aesthetics in dance?
No full textPurpose:
Research on empirical aesthetics suggests that specific kinematic parameters are related to the perception of motion aesthetics. Furthermore, an observer’s expertise seems to be related to the perception of motion aesthetics when complex biological motion stimuli are present. The central aim of this study was to investigate whether the amount that specific body parts moved during a complex motor skill was related to the perception of motion aesthetics in observers with different levels of sensory-motor expertise.
Methods:
Overall, 36 participants divided into 2 groups (18 dancers and 18 non-dancers) were asked to indicate their perceived motion aesthetics when they watched stick-figure video sequences of 3 different semi-standardized dance skills. The stick-figure video sequences were generated from original motion stimuli, and motion aesthetics were measured via Likert scales.
Results:
The perception of motion aesthetics in relation to the amount that specific body parts move is skill- and expertise-specific. Dance poses are perceived similarly by dancers and non-dancers, but motion aesthetics during dance jumps and turns are perceived differently. Furthermore, the amount that specific body parts move affects whether the observer perceives the motor skills as more or less aesthetic.
Conclusions:
The observer’s sensory-motor expertise regarding the observed motor skills can shape their perception of motion aesthetics. The findings of this study demonstrate that there is a skill- and expertise-specific relationship between motion kinematics and motion aesthetics
Thomas Grisell letter to Thomas Rotch, 2nd mo 19th 1823
No full textThomas Grisell's letter reached the Rotch household several months before the unexpected death of Thomas Rotch in August, 1823. This is the last letter of the series and presumably the author learned of his friend's death before another letter was penned. 7.95" x 10" (20.2 by 25.5 cm
Gymnastics psychology
No full textHeinen T, Vinken PM, Velentzas K. Gymnastics psychology. In: Caine DJ, Russel K, Lim L, eds. Gymnastics. Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science. Chichester [u.a.]: Wiley Blackwell; 2013: 98-107
LEPOTNA RAZMERJA LETA - KAKO SO POVEZANE STROKOVNOST OPAZOVALCEV IN ZAZNAVANJE LEPOTE S KINEMATIKO LETA
No full textThe perception of (motion) aesthetics is related to the circumstances of the object, the observer, and the given context. The central question of this study is whether the perception of motion aesthetics is related to a motor skill’s ratio of flight kinematics and the observer’s sensory-motor experiences. Motor skills, perceived as more aesthetic, are hypothesized to show kinematic flight ratios near the golden ratio. Motor skills, perceived as less aesthetic, are hypothesized to show kinematic flight ratios farther away from the golden ratio. Furthermore, this relationship is hypothesized to be related to the observer’s sensory-motor experience. Therefore, 36 participants (12 freerunning experts, 12 freerunning novices, and 12 laypeople) were asked to indicate their perception of motion aesthetics when watching video sequences of different freerunning performances. The results indicate that kinematic flight ratios and the observer’s sensory-motor experience are related to the aesthetic perception of the freerunning skill. As hypothesized, kinematic ratios of Webster performances perceived as more aesthetic are closer to the golden ratio, and Webster performances perceived as less aesthetic are farther away from the golden ratio; this is significant for expert and novice freerunners, but not for laypeople. Thus, we conclude that the aesthetic perception of complex motor skills is related to kinematic flight ratios and the observer’s sensory-motor expertise. Future work should incorporate such knowledge about kinematic ratios and how to address them during motor skill performances to create and perform aesthetically pleasing complex motor skills.Zaznavanje (gibalne) lepote je povezano z okoliščinami predmeta, opazovalca in okolja. Osrednje vprašanje te študije je, ali je zaznavanje lepote gibanja povezano z razmerjem gibalnih sposobnosti med kinematiko letenja in opazovalčevimi čutno-gibalnimi izkušnjami. Predvideva se, da gibalne sposobnosti, ki jih dojemamo kot bolj lepotne, kažejo kinematična razmerja letenja blizu zlatega reza. Predpostavlja se, da gibalne sposobnosti, ki jih dojemamo kot manj lepe, kažejo kinematična razmerja letenja dlje od zlatega reza. Poleg tega se domneva, da je to razmerje povezano z opazovalčevo čutno-gibalno izkušnjo. Zato je bilo 36 oseb (12 odličnih premagovalcev ovir, 12 začtnikov premagovalcev ovir in 12 oseb, ki nimajo izkušnje s premagovanjem ovir) pozvanih, da navedejo svoje dojemanje lepote gibanja ob gledanju video posnetkov različnih predstav premagovanja ovir. Rezultati kažejo, da so kinematična razmerja letenja in čutno-gibalna izkušnja opazovalca povezana z zaznavanjem lepote veščine premagovanja ovir. Kot je domnevno, so kinematična razmerja predstav, ki jih dojemamo kot lepše, bližje zlatemu rezu; predstave, ki se dojemajo kot grše, pa so dlje od zlatega reza; to je pomembno za premagovalce ovir, ne pa za tiste, brez izkušenj. Tako sklepamo, da je lepotna zaznava gibalnih sposobnosti povezana s kinematičnimi razmerji letenja in čutno-gibalnim znanjem opazovalca. Prihodnje delo bi moralo vključevati takšno znanje o kinematskih razmerjih in o tem, kako jih obravnavati med predstavami gibalnih veščin, da bi ustvarili in izvajali lepe, prijetne, zahtevne gibalne veščine
Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy
No full textChurchmen in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries tried to regulate the costume of Italian women. These efforts failed, and regulation was largely left thereafter to civic authorities.The published version was published as Chapter 3 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5Izbicki, Thomas M. (2009), "Failed Censures: Ecclesiastical Regulation of Women’s Clothing in Late Medieval Italy" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 5 (Boydell Press), 37-53ISBN: 9781843834519 (published book)Peer reviewe
Western medieval legal manuscripts in the collections of the University of Pennsylvania
No full textWestern legal manuscripts of the Middle Ages in North American collections are among the least known to scholars. The University of Pennsylvania has a rich collection of these texts, several of which were in the collection of the historian Henry Charles Lea. Included are works of civil law and canon law, as well as collections of papal letters and guides to pastoral care. The descriptions of most of these manuscripts in the catalog of Norman P. Zacour and Rudolf Hirsch are perfunctory, sometimes erring or omitting valuable information. Other manuscripts were added in recent years in the Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection. Much of this material is being added to the Franklin online catalog of the University’s libraries, but researchers frequently do not search these digital resources. This article provides more complete guidance to the University’s medieval legal manuscripts than any of the existing catalogs offers, whether in print or online. It also provides updated bibliographic information in print or online. Every manuscript has been examined by the author in situ. Among the important works represented in the collection is the Panormia (a work of canon law often attributed to Ivo of Chartres). Authors present include the curialist Thomas of Capua, canonists Petrus de Braco, William of Pagula, Bernardus Raimundi, Adam of Aldersbach, Raymond of Peñafort, and civil lawyers Baldus de Ubaldis, and Bartolus de Saxoferrato. Three of these manuscripts were owned in the past by Sir Thomas Phillipps
Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)
No full textMedieval canon law attempted to distinguish clergy from the laity by restricting their dress choices. The article focuses on prohibition of wearing red or green on the street. Both colors were identified with the nobility.The published version was published as Chapter 7 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1Izbicki, Thomas M. (2005), "Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)" in Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R., eds., Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1 (Boydell Press),105-114ISBN: 9781843831235 (published book
The aesthetics of the experts - On the relationship of observers’ and performers’ expertise when perceiving motion aesthetics in freerunning skills
No full textAn observer’s perception of motion aesthetics strongly relies on the interplay between aspects of the motion stimuli, the sensory and motor expertise of the observer, and the context in which the stimuli are perceived. However, whether a fit in observers’ and performers’ sensory and motor expertise can boost aesthetic motion perception when observing complex motor skills, is still to be investigated. Thus, it was hypothesized that a fit between observers’ and performers’ sensory and motor expertise could boost aesthetic motion perception of complex motor skills. Expert and intermediate freerunners performed three different freerunning skills. Observers with varying levels of expertise were asked to indicate their perception of motion aesthetics when observing video sequences of expert and intermediate freerunning skill performances. Results indicate that a fit between observers’ and performers’ sensory and motor expertise levels does not boost aesthetic motion perception. In contrast, motor skill performances of expert freerunners are perceived as more aesthetically than intermediate freerunning performances from all three observer groups: expert freerunning observers, intermediate freerunning observers, and laypeople. Instead of a fit between the performer’s and the observer’s sensory and motor expertise, it is argued that object-driven parameters of a complex motor skill performance seem to be related to a rather universal embodied aesthetic motion perception
Thomas Crutchfield account book, 1848-1861
No full textA book containing business accounts, including details about travel expenses and the purchase and sale of lumber as well as other goods and services. The author also catalogs personal spending, the dates and pricing of properties offered for rent, and the purchase and leasing of enslaved people. Many entries are consistent with the business activities of Thomas Crutchfield Sr., who died in 1850. Someone continued to make entries in the book for activities dated up to 1861
Thomas Crutchfield account book, 1848-1861
No full textA book containing business accounts, including details about travel expenses and the purchase and sale of lumber as well as other goods and services. The author also catalogs personal spending, the dates and pricing of properties offered for rent, and the purchase and leasing of enslaved people. Many entries are consistent with the business activities of Thomas Crutchfield Sr., who died in 1850. Someone continued to make entries in the book for activities dated up to 1861
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