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Degree of technical difficulty and craft skill exhibited. Ex: Escher

Extent to which multiple levels of significance or representation are present simultaneously. I must admit that I really don't know what this means but this term is widespread and seems compelling to me. This makes it particularly interesting. Ex: Van Gogh

Degree of emphasis on direct sensory stimulation and elementary perceptual processing. See VS Ramachandran on "peak shift" and other basic neurosensory responses". Ex: Mondrian

Degree of emphasis on the arousal of elementary psychobiological states like fear, disgust, anger, sexual arousal, etc. See psychophysiology and sympathetic nervous system. Ex: Vargas

Degree of emphasis on classic, universal, or common mythical symbols. See archetypal images and symbols. Ex: Michelangelo

Degree of emphasis on intellectual or abstract themes. Ex: NASA

Degree to which the artwork evokes a world other than the one we live in; either bizarre or in some sense plausible. Ex: Escher, Dali

Degree of emphasis on unusual, surprising, or unfamiliar elements. Ex: Christo

Degree of effort, concentration, and persistence required to apprehend the relationship among different elements. See Physiological Responses to Visual Complexity. Ex: Mandelbrot

Degree of emphasis on any type of social relationship. Ex: Rockwell

Cost or market value. See most expensive art.

Extent to which feelings of either comfort or threat are evoked. Ex: Bosch, Max

Extent to which emotions are evoked by association with past experiences, places, people, or relationships. Ex: Rockwell

Importance to a culture or society. Ex: Ross

Degree of controversy regarding the theme or other elements. Ex: Duchamp