Original Art Stimulates the Brain More Than Reproductions, Study Finds

The first thing is, as with the Constable Hayway, when we saw it all alone, that's most often how works of art are reproduced. They're reproduced just by themselves without the frames or the pedestals. The second thing to keep in mind is not perfect. They're just not. You always have to worry about the accuracy of the color, or the clarity of the l

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“Art is an institution to which we turn when we want to feel a shock of surprise. We feel this want because we sense that it is good for us once in a while to receive a healthy jolt. Otherwise we would so easily get stuck in a rut and could no longer adapt to the new demands that life is apt to make on us. The biological function of art, in other w

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