# \#fechner

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## [The Controversy over Holbein's Madonnas and the Birth of Empirical Aesthetics](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-controversy-over-holbeins-madonnas-and-the-birth-of-empirical-aesthetics/1280)

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**Author:** [@AWaichulis](https://www.smartermarx.com/u/AWaichulis)\
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**Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://www.smartermarx.com/t/the-controversy-over-holbeins-madonnas-and-the-birth-of-empirical-aesthetics/1280 "2022-06-15T16:01:31Z")

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I read a fascinating article this morning regarding what many consider to be the first attempts by Gustav Fechner to utilize empirical methods to study the appreciation of art. In doing so, he founded the field of empiri…