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Paul Hekkert, Piet C. W. Van Wieringen, Beauty in the Eye of Expert and Nonexpert Beholders: A Study in the Appraisal of Art, The American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 109, No. 3 (Autumn, 1996), pp. 389-407
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