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free on-line subscription    vol  II     issue no.4    April  May 2002
 
the art and poetry e ~zine that publishes only when there is something to say  
 index of current and past articles
sept  11  2001  memorial poem by keith o'connor

 
Feature

What People Want
to See in
Pictures 
World Survey Results 

The results of this survey are of interest to production artists both traditional and modern who wish to fine tune their work for maximum sales.

I have written my evaluation of the U.S. portion of the survey data on the following hyperlinked page: 
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Poetry

Spring is in the air.

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This months poem is based upon a spring water colour painting by Wilfrid Flood (1904 - 1946) 
 

 
 
 
 What People Want
  to See in
Pictures 
 World Survey Results

  Vital Komar & Alex Elamid
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Perhaps you recognize the names of Vital Komar and Alex Elamid. These two artist/scientists applied the principles of market research to tastes in art in 14 countries and came up with some surprising conclusions. Pretty much every culture surveyed values a blue-dominated landscape featuring animals and authority figures. 

Similarly, most find abstract paintings,  
particularly angular geometric patterns, most distasteful. Admittedly, the bias of the two artists plays a huge role in depicting each country's most wanted and least wanted paintings, but the survey results themselves offer equally compelling evidence for the central point: that basically, we're all alike. Except for the Dutch, apparently. What's up with that?

Read my evaluation of the survey results:

 

Read the full survey results on their web site: 
 

Art Pictures Survey Web Site

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