After conducting factor analyses of 35 impression ratings for 6 paintings and 6 street dance movies, 22 impression ratings, assumed to exhibit a single-factor structure, were simultaneously subject to further factor analysis for figurative and abstract paintings, break, hip-hop and jazz-ballet movies. for Japanese participants (N = 294). The factor structure of three factors, namely, dynamism, emotional evaluation, and exceptionality, was similar to that of a western experiment, and the variance of the factor structure accounted for 56 ％ of the total variance. By analyzing the factor score and Mean Minus One (MM1), the study observed that a universality exists between the two art fields (painting and street dance) and between eastern and western cultures. The MM1 demonstrated that painting and street dance have a very high shared taste, suggesting commonality. These results support the notion that a common neural base exists for processing aesthetic experience, even if the perception of beauty differs across individuals. In addition to this commonality, two unique factors are notable, namely, immersion in painting and sexual impression in street dance. In conclusion, not only universality exists in the aesthetic evaluation of painting and street dance, but also diversity derived from the uniqueness of each field exists.
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