作品中人格面具的体现（发现杂志-艺术品位反映性格特征）

人的性格其实是很外显的，很多事情都能够反映出你的性格特征。

近来有研究人员研究发现，一个人的艺术品位也能反映出其性格特征。

也许，有人说“我没有艺术品位”。其实不然。

你喜欢某种画风的作品，也算是艺术品位。

那艺术品位到底是怎么反映一个人的性格特征的呢？

The Art You Like Reveals Your Personality Traits

你喜欢的艺术反映你的性格特征

本文选自《发现杂志》8月刊

本文结构如下：

1. The artwork we are attracted to can give insight into our personality, such as whether we are impulsive or deliberate, even-tempered or moody. Studies into art preferences date back to the 1930s — most of them examining the extent to which people like or dislike different paintings. Research shows that a person’s interest in art is more strongly correlated to certain personality traits than to social class, age, or gender.

吸引我们的艺术品会展现我们的性格，比如冲动还是审慎或者性情温和还是情绪多变。艺术品倾向性的研究始于20世纪30年代，当时研究的主要是人们喜欢或不喜欢绘画作品的程度。研究表明与社会阶级、年龄、或性别相比，一个人的艺术兴趣与某些特定的性格特征联系更大。

2. In particular, a personality trait called “openness” is the best predictor of whether individuals are interested in art. On the flip side, those who identify as“conscientious” are often less drawn to the arts. These traits are part of the Big Five, a widely accepted personality theory based on nearly a century of research.

特别要指出的是，被称作“开放性”的性格特征最能反映个体的艺术兴趣。另一方面，那些被认为是“责任性”的人则对艺术不太感兴趣。这些性格特征是被称作“大五类人格特征”理论的一部分。这一理论是经过近1个世纪研究形成的，受到广泛地认可。

3. The model asserts that each personality is comprised of a combination of five core traits: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Rather than lumping a person into binary categories like introvert or extrovert, the Big Five Model asserts that each trait is a spectrum, and everyone lies somewhere between the two extremes.

这个模型认为每种性格由五种核心特征组成：开放性、责任性、外倾性、宜人性和神经质性。大五类人格特征理论并没有将人简单地分成内向和外向，而是认为每个特征都是一个范围，而且每个人都处于两种极端特征中间。

4. These preferences might be partly due to the way people visually scan art. A 2018 study tracked participants’ eye movements as they studied abstract artwork. The majority of participants concentrated on the upper-right quadrant. This makes sense, as the right hemisphere of the brain is specialized for visuospatial processing and also plays a significant role in processing the emotions that art elicits. However, participants who tended toward neuroticism focused on the left side of the picture.

这些倾向性可能与人们视觉观看艺术品有关。2018年，一项调查对研究抽象作品的参与者进行眼球运动追踪。大部分参与者集中在右上象限中。这说得通，因为大脑右半球主要负责视觉加工，而且在加工艺术品展现的情绪中起作用。但是，那些神经质性的人则关注图片的左边。

5. Even with the impressive amount of research into why people like certain art, there are still holes in the theories. For instance, some scientists claim that the Big Five model doesn’t translate across cultures and is mainly targeted toward those living in developed nations. Also, most studies have focused on two-dimensional art, like paintings, and haven’t yet captured differing preferences for the dazzling variety of media that exist around the world. Then there’s the fact that our art preferences change over time and are informed by our demographics, relationships and life experiences.

即使关于人们为什么喜欢艺术有很多见解深刻的研究，但这些理论仍存漏洞。比如，一些科学家称大五类人格模型没有反映出跨文化的影响，而且主要将研究对象聚焦在发达国家人口上。

而且，大部分研究关注的都是二维艺术，如绘画，并没有掌握世界纷繁复杂的艺术媒介的倾向性。此外，人类的艺术倾向性是会随着时间变化的，与人口特征、关系和生活经验都息息相关。

6. People’s preferences for art are nearly as ambiguous as art itself. But if you’re looking for a quick litmus test of someone’s general personality traits, it doesn’t hurt to peek at what’s hanging on their walls. —BRIANNA RANDALL

人类的艺术倾向性就像艺术品一样模糊不清。但是，如果你想找到一个检测某人性格特征的立见分晓的方法，看看他挂在墙上的艺术作品也无妨。