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Of Panofsky's three levels, how many have proved most durable under the later critiques?
Estimate on a scale from 0 levels (0) to all 3 (3).
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- Identification is checkable and cumulative.
- The first two levels survived; the third was moderated.
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2 (answers within ±0.6 count)
Why
Two. Description and identification are checkable and cumulative, and the reference works built on them remain in daily use. What was moderated is the inference from image to worldview, which is now expected to name its evidence and its limits.
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