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The Matisse drawing has the strongest field of centers among the three compared 20th-century artworks and correspondingly the deepest personal feeling

Demonstrates the correlation between field-of-centers strength and personal feeling using three famous drawings

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London, Le Dos (Matisse)
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Argued to have the strongest field of centers and deepest personal feeling among three compared 20th-century drawings

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The degree of personal feeling in a thing is directly proportional to the degree to which its field of centers is present and coherent
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Formalizes the relationship between structural coherence of field of centers and felt personal quality

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Does the comparison of the three artworks depend on what kind of feeling is being measured — bold, eerie, or soft?
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Alexander raises and dismisses this objection in arguing for Matisse's superior personal feeling

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Three 20th-century women drawings comparison probe
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Empirical test of the claim that field-of-centers strength correlates with depth of personal feeling across complex artworks

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