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Department of CIAS Interdepartmental Research Center, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Biography

Giovanni Sassu (1970) graduated in Bologna in 1995 in History of Art Criticism. In 1997-1998 he won a scholarship from the Roberto Longhi Foundation of Florence aimed at studying the first activity of the Bolognese painter Prospero Fontana. In 1998 he then specialized in the history of modern art with a thesis on Girolamo da Treviso the young, work awarded in 1999 with the “Raimonda Gazzoni Frascara” scholarship for the best postgraduate thesis in Art History. In 2005 he obtained his doctorate by discussing a thesis on the historical-artistic aspects of the coronation of Charles V in 1530.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Neuroaesthetics of Art Vision: An Experimental Approach to the Sense of Beauty
  Author(s): Maddalena Coccagna, Pietro Avanzini, Mariagrazia Portera, Giovanni Vecchiato, Maddalena Fabbri Destro, AlessandroVittorio Sironi, Fabrizio Salvi, Andrea Gatti, Filippo Domenicali, Raffaella Folgieri, Annalisa Banzi, Caselli Elisabetta, Luca Lanzoni, Volta Antonella, Matteo Bisi, Silvia Cesari, Arianna Vivarelli, Giorgio Balboni Pier, Giuseppe Santangelo Camillo, Giovanni Sassu and Sante Mazzacane*
  
  Objective: NEVArt research aims to study the correlation between a set of neurophysiological/emotional reactions and the level of aesthetic appreciation of around 500 experimental subjects, during the observation of 18 different paintings from the XVI-XVIII century, in a real museum context. Methods: Several bio-signals have been recorded to evaluate the participants’ reactions during the observation of paintings. Among them: (a) neurovegetative, motor and emotional biosignals were recorded using wearable tools for EEG (electroencephalogram), ECG (electrocardiogram) and EDA (electrodermal activity); (b) gaze pattern during the observation of art works, while (c) data of the participants (age, gender, education, familiarity with art, etc.) and their explicit judgments about paintings have been obtained. Participants were invited to respond.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-0870.20.10.404

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