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A historical example of neuroesthetic interest is the reception of Byzantine portraits in the Babur empire under the rulership of Akbar {Link without Title} . Byzantine portraits differed from Babur art of that time in a neurologically important way: the Byzantine portraits presented a large central figure making strong eye contact with the viewer. Across a wide range of organisms, direct eye contact is an assertion of presence hardwired into organisms through the social context of evolution (see Kampe et al. 2001). Byzantine portraits' novel artistic stimulation of this response helps to account for their sensational effects within the artistically advanced Babur empire. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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