Philosophers determined that the pleasure of art was an intellectual pleasure and was perceived through:

A. physical experience of the art through touch.
B. a special kind of attention called disinterested contemplation.
C. the formal analysis of the work.
D. any emotional response experienced by the viewer.
E. None of these answers are correct.


B
Setting aside personal, practical stakes we might have in what we are viewing and taking pleasure in what we see is disinterested contemplation.

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