In the present study, we examined the influence of descriptive and elaborative titles on paintings. Additionally, we varied the presentation time between Experiments 1 and 2. The first experiment was designed similar toMillis (2001) to replicate his elaboration effect with images of artworks. Two levels of representativeness in artworks were investigated (abstract versus representational). Ratings were collected before and after presenting a title, thus within-subjects comparisons could be made. We chose two paintings similar in an artistic style and contents from 24 artists each, and presented each painting only once to avoid an increase of appreciation due to mere exposure
