{"id":3571,"date":"2025-10-28T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/art-makes-people-feel-better\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:00:10","slug":"art-makes-people-feel-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/art-makes-people-feel-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Art makes people feel better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-10-28 15:00:07<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Looking at famous paintings like the Mona Lisa can actually make you healthier, according to new research.<BR><br \/>\nScientists at King\u2019s College London found that viewing original works of art triggers the immune, hormone and nervous systems all at once &#8211; helping to reduce stress and boost wellbeing. <BR><br \/>\nThe effects were especially strong when participants saw original pieces by Van Gogh, Manet and Gauguin in person.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Tony Woods, who led the study, said: &#8220;The research clearly shows the stress-reducing properties of viewing original art and its ability to simultaneously excite, engage and arouse us. <BR><br \/>\n&#8220;This is a unique finding and something we were genuinely surprised to see.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe study, co-funded by Art Fund and the Psychiatry Research Trust, tested 50 volunteers aged 18 to 40 who viewed either originals at The Courtauld Gallery or reproductions elsewhere.<BR><br \/>\nArt Fund director Jenny Waldman added: &#8220;This study proves for the first time what we\u2019ve long felt \u2013 art really is good for you.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-10-28 15:00:07 Looking at famous paintings like the Mona Lisa can actually make you healthier, according to new research. Scientists at King\u2019s College London found that viewing original works of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3573,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3571\/revisions\/3573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}