Conceptualizing Touch Aesthetic Communication as a Model Pictorial Art Appreciation

Nadiah Mohamad; Verly Veto Vermol; Rusmadiah Anwar

doi:10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7.3780

Authors

Nadiah Mohamad Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia
Verly Veto Vermol Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia
Rusmadiah Anwar National Design Centre, Faculty of Art & Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v7iSI7.3780

Keywords:

Art, Touch, Communication, Visual Art Experience, Tactile

Abstract

Haptic communication through pictorial art remains an argumentative subject of aesthetic experience, with many unresolved issues until today that questioning the how and why reactions of various people. Throughout this framework of research, a conceptual examination of experiencing a pictorial work of art (its duration, intensity, and individual art expression) for a congenitally blind person by applying Verbal Protocol Analysis (VPA) approach model was designed to enhance the experience from an artwork. This study provides an observation procedure within the influence of 'time of experience' and 'art expression' mediated by professional artwork.

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