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. 2014 Mar 21;8:161. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00161

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Examples of paintings that were rated as most beautiful (A–C) and least beautiful (D–F), respectively. The paintings are (A) “Movement in Space” by Michail Matjuschin (1917/18). (B) Abstract painting by Gerhard Richter [1977. (c) Gerhard Richter Images, Köln, 2013]. (C) “Mit aphoristischem Rot” by Ernst Wilhelm Nay [1954. (c) Succession Nay, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2013]. (D) “Black Square” by Kasimir Malewitsch (1923). (E) “Joie de terre” by Jean Dubuffet (1959; Succession Dubuffet, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2013); and (F) “Alter Klang” by Paul Klee (1925).