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concept:feeling-from-object-to-observer-non-expressive-artfeeling from object to observer (non-expressive art)
The principle that the feeling must come from the finished work back to the observer, not from the artist's self-expression during making.
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- Chapter 14: Deep FeelingintroducesThe chapter presenting the argument that deep feeling is the core of living process, illustrated with examples from architecture, painting, and design.
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- Grasping wholeness not analytically but through a visceral feeling that arises when paying attention to the whole.