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| "A Mother's Love" 7x5" oil on panel Bernie Rosage jr. |
- Works of art can give as much joy as being head over heels in love, according to a new scientific study.
- The artworks they considered most beautiful increased blood flow in a certain part of the brain by as much as 10 per cent – the equivalent to gazing at a loved one.
- "What we found is when you look at art – whether it is a landscape, a still life, an abstract or a portrait – there is strong activity in that part of the brain related to pleasure.
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Truly amazing...I know I completely agree. I remember falling in love with beautiful art when I was a little child...I remember looking at Norman Rockwell paintings when I was about five, and just unable to tear myself away from them, and it continues with all forms of beautiful art to this day!
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