Original Research - Special Collection: New Perspectives on Applied Humanities and Theology

Public art aesthetics and psychological healing

Rong Hu
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies | Vol 79, No 1 | a8827 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v79i1.8827 | © 2023 Rong Hu | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 05 April 2023 | Published: 18 July 2023

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Rong Hu, School of Education and Music, Sanming University, Sanming, China

Abstract

Modern medical research shows that art aesthetic plays a positive role in healing and relieving people’s stress, improving mental health and improving social adaptability. Based on the aesthetic experience of visitors, this article conducts an empirical study on the aesthetic experience of the Long March Memorial Museum in Ninghua County, Fujian province, by means of survey data questionnaire (SD) and in-depth interview. Firstly, to conduct a questionnaire survey to understand the psychological characteristics of visitors’ aesthetic experience. Secondly, the combination of in-depth interviews and the aesthetic differences of public art psychological analysis. Thirdly, to clarify the relationship between public art aesthetics and psychological healing. By constructing a model of the relationship between public art aesthetics and psychological healing, it puts forward five ways of psychological healing, such as enhancing aesthetic experience, arousing life interest, enriching cultural and artistic knowledge, shaping individual psychology and relieving emotional pressure.

Contribution: Public art aesthetics is not only influenced by the politics, culture, customs and lifestyles of society but also has a close relationship with religious beliefs. This article attempts to explain the relationship between public art aesthetics and psychological healing from the dimension of cognitive psychology and proposes a path for public art aesthetics to promote psychological healing, so as to enrich and expand the connotation of traditional aesthetic thought and further deepen the study of religious art in psychological healing, aiming to provide useful ideas and references for promoting the all-round development of human beings.


Keywords

public art; aesthetic experience; cognitive psychology; psychological healing; artistic practice

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