16 art experts and 18 nonexperts assessed six paintings of different styles. It was predicted that nonexperts would like traditional paintings, whereas art experts would prefer modern styles, but this was not found. Instead, both groups produced their highest ratings for one of the modern abstracts (Klee), while the nonexperts rated the two modern representational paintings (German Expressionist) more highly than the experts.
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