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“I suggest that what artists do in all media can be summarized as deliberately performing the operations that occur instinctively during a ritualized behaviour: they simplify or formalize, repeat (sometimes with variation), exaggerate, and elaborate in both space and time for the purpose of attracting attention and provoking and manipulating emotional response.”

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Ellen Dissanayake
Ellen Dissanayake

Ellen Dissanayake is a prominent scholar in the fields of art history and anthropology. Her research focuses on the relationship between art and human cognition, and she has made significant contributions with her theory of 'the aesthetic hypothesis,' which has had a profound impact on the study of art history and anthropology. more

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