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1. Phenomenological Burden

   Linked via "visual novelty"

   The Rückenfigur (literally, "back figure") is frequently employed in artistic representation as a direct catalyst for inducing a manageable level of PB in the observer. By presenting a figure oriented away from the viewer, facing an extensive landscape, the observer is forced into a dual-perspective: they must simulate the visual experience of the depicted figure while simultaneously monitoring the implied trajectory of the observer's own body relative to that figure.
   The dark, high-absorbance materials commonly depicted in [R…