Analyzing the Impact of Schizophrenic Progression on Art Styles of Artists with this Illness
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Schizophrenia, Color Usage, Abstract LevelAbstract
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This study assessed the impact of schizophrenic progression on art styles of schizophrenic artists. The method approached in this study was content analysis with two categories coded for: color usage and abstract level. Color usage was further divided into three categories: warm color usage, cool color usage, and black, gray and white color usage. Abstract level was divided into three levels with level 1 as the least abstract and level 3 as the most abstract. To analyze full schizophrenic progression, deceased artists Louis Wain, Edvard Munch, Richard Dadd and Vincent Van Gogh were used. Each artist had three paintings, and therefore, a total of twelve paintings were coded for. With schizophrenia progression, three out of the four artists had an increased abstract level. No artist demonstrated a trend with color usage as their schizophrenia progressed. This showed that as schizophrenia progressed, abstract level increased. However, the progression of schizophrenia did not impact color usage. Rather, color usage depended on what was being depicted in the painting. Theoretical implications were discussed.
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