The idea of art as a language of emotion has historical roots. This study asked if color, as an integrated pictorial element in Himalayan art, can communicate the intended emotions to North American viewers. To investigate the extent to which those emotions are congruent cross-culturally, participants were assigned to four conditions of varying levels of informativeness, based on whether they did or did not receive an informational brochure and a checklist of emotional terms to reference. Results were analyzed using Latent Semantic Analysis to assess the similarity of word meanings. Participant responses were compared to the emotions that should be conveyed according to Himalayan culture and curators of an exhibit on Himalayan art. Cosine values were generally high in all conditions, indicating that certain colors (i.e., red, black, and gold) can convey consistent emotional information to viewers from very different cultures, even with little or no corresponding verbal material.

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喜马拉雅艺术中作为集成绘画元素的色彩可以传达什么：喜马拉雅艺术中色彩情感概念化的跨文化一致性

艺术作为一种情感语言的观念具有历史渊源。这项研究询问，作为喜马拉雅艺术中不可或缺的图形元素，色彩能否将预期的情感传达给北美观众。为了调查这些情绪在跨文化中的适应程度，根据参与者是否收到信息手册和情感术语核对表，将他们分配给四种信息水平不同的条件。使用潜在语义分析对结果进行分析，以评估单词含义的相似性。将参与者的反应与根据喜马拉雅文化和喜马拉雅艺术展览的策展人应传达的情感进行了比较。余弦值通常在所有情况下都较高，表明某些颜色（例如红色，黑色，