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Does it look beautiful?: communicating aesthetic information about artwork to the visually impaired

"A picture says a thousand words" is a fitting phrase to express the difficulty in communicating visual information to a sighted individual. But what happens when the person the art work is being described to doesn't have any vision? What features of the artwork enhance their comprehension of the aesthetics, and what details are excluded from the description? This paper will explore the ways in which artwork is described to visually impaired individuals, and the details the visually impaired express interest in knowing about the artwork. Specifically, we focus on the value of drawing from shared experiences and prompts. These findings are based on observational data that was gathered from a study involving a visually impaired participant and a sighted companion exploring a gallery of artwork together and conversing about the artwork.