The evolution of psychical distance as an aesthetic concept

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 155-187

  Cupchik, Gerald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aesthetic distance; Creation; Cultural and aesthetic artifacts; Reception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038809815     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X02008002437     Document Type: Article

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