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What is this inner light which can occur in paintings?

A specific question about the profound color phenomenon, demanding a cosmological explanation.

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Inner light in a great painting touches to the heart of existence, to the core of what the universe is, not merely a cognitive zap.
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Alexander's claim about the profound nature of aesthetic experience, contrasting with mechanistic dismissal.

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inner lightconcept0.819
A profound color phenomenon in great paintings or buildings where colors are both subdued and brilliantly shining, an extension of life in things, touching the heart of existence.
Inner light is the color quality which arises as something comes to life, and as it approaches and reveals the I.quote0.811
Inner light is objectively present in some colored things and absent in others, and can be discerned through direct comparison.claim0.798
Inner light is directly linked to the field of centers: each color exists as a center and becomes more intense through the intensification by other centers.claim0.781
Inner light provides a direct glimpse of the I.claim0.781
The wholeness of geometry is intensified and brought to its maximum potential by inner light in color.claim0.754
The exact color proportions were crucial; even minor changes would destroy the inner lightclaim0.752
Once the 57:40:3 combination was discovered, it hinged on absolutely correct proportion; any deviation ruined the feeling.
The word picture captures just what you have seen so far in your inner eye, adding little that is not generated by the living process.claim0.747
Explains why verbal description matches the mind's eye medium.