I've decided to analyse the newly rehung 20th Century Gallery at NPG. Yesterday I looked at the chronologically last section of this gallery - World War II and Post War Renewal: 1939-1990. I chose this section as I did not want to be thinking about how many of the 121 images were left during my data collection!
I was gathering data about what values could be attributed to the sitter, and plotting these on Schwartz's Table of Basic Values. My categorisation of values evident has been based on gut feel - as is advised in the workplace when conducting Personality Questionnaires. I've made my decisions based on what is in the portrait, what's on the artist statement and what my general knowledge of the individual tells me.
Of the 121 artworks in the exhibition, only 40 relate to the last 50 years. 33% of images, for 50% of chronology. I've not analysed it yet, but the values seem to be primarily about achievement, power and hedonism. Minimal evidence of the other values on the scale.
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