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Cynthia A. Freeland

“If a viewer responds to Botticelli’s Venus with an erotic desire, as if she is a pinup, he is actually not appreciating her for her beauty. And if someone enjoys looking at a Gauguin painting of Tahiti while fantasizing about going on vacation there, then they no longer have an aesthetic relation to its beauty.”

Cynthia Freeland, But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory
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But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theory by Cynthia A. Freeland
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