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Richard Lachapelle, Deborah Murray, Sandy Neim, Aesthetic Understanding as Informed Experience: The Role of Knowledge in Our Art Viewing Experiences, The Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Autumn, 2003), pp. 78-98
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