Edward Bullough says that psychical distance is created when art causes us to disengage from our ordinary emotions towards a thing or event and when it proceeds to remove the ordinary sense or uses of an object and an aesthetic is created. ... Consequently they are pushed back into their ordinary emotions, losing the psychical distance and disinterest and thereby losing the possibility of an aesthetic experience. ... He sets out four basic characteristics based on his studies of people involved with the art world. 1) perceptual experience comprises both the sensual presence of the piece as wel...

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They would dress up from head to toe in white, have a plaster cast face and two slits for eyes- whereas Alfieri is an ordinary man in a suit. ... The last scene is cleverly built up with a twist of emotional context between character and audience making this play an absolute success. ... Beatrice says it in this context rather than come straight out and says when are we going to have sex again. ...

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Subliminal messages, mentioned by Pratkins and Greenwald, can be used by the media by embedding figures that are hidden in their context. ... In addition, when Jim was watching the previews, he did not notice anything out of the ordinary. ... The main context of the preview and the distorted nature of the subliminal message distracted Jim from realizing that he was being subliminally persuaded. ... Johnson states, even though the advertisers" practice may be used to subtly manipulate the audience into believing that their product seems greater then what it really is, it does not involve hid...

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