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Intimation is the effect of a work of art upon its beholder of inducing him or her to spontaneously supply the experiential dimension needed for an effective artistic expression or representation. It is irreducible to the unimodal, perceptual awareness of reproductive elements in the work, but instead, is an effect of the work's artistic presentation. It surpasses mere (third-person) recognition of some experience's perceivable expression, but introduces a second-person, empathetic acquaintance with it. Cf. threefoldness, polymodality, embodiment, moral dimension. (VII:2-6).

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Last update: 11 April 1996
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