Evidence that the aesthetic preference for Hogarth’s Line of Beauty is an evolutionary by-product

Abstract In 1753, artist William Hogarth declared a specific S-shaped line to be the ‘Line of Beauty’ (LoB). Hogarth’s assertion has had a profound impact on diverse fields over the past two and a half centuries. However, only one recent (2022) study has investigated whether Hogarth’s assertion accu...

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Main Authors: Ronald Hübner, David M. G. Lewis, Laith Al-Shawaf, Ayten Yesim Semchenko, Jonathon Flores
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31175-w