Status and mating success amongst visual artists

Clegg, H., Nettle, D. and Miell, D. (2011) Status and mating success amongst visual artists. Frontiers in Psychology. 2, pp. 1-4. 1664-1078.

Item Type:	Article
Abstract:	Geoffrey Miller has hypothesized that producing artwork functions as a mating display. Here we investigate the relationship between mating success and artistic success in a sample of 236 visual artists. Initially, we derived a measure of artistic success that covered a broad range of artistic behaviors and beliefs. As predicted by Miller’s evolutionary theory, more successful male artists had more sexual partners than less successful artists but this did not hold for female artists. Also, male artists with greater artistic success had a mating strategy based on longer term relationships. Overall the results provide partial support for the sexual selection hypothesis for the function of visual art
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Artist, creativity, evolutionary psychology, mating success, status
Creators:	Clegg, Helen, Nettle, Daniel and Miell, Dorothy
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Psychology
Date:	31 October 2011
Date Type:	Publication
Page Range:	pp. 1-4
Journal or Publication Title:	Frontiers in Psychology
Volume:	2
Number of Pages:	4
Language:	English
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00310
ISSN:	1664-1078
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11009

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