The Art Instinct

NOTE EDITORE

The need to create art is found in every human society, manifest in many different ways across many different cultures. Is this universal need rooted in our evolutionary past? The Art Instinct reveals that it is, combining evolutionary psychology with aesthetics to shed new light on fascinating questions about the nature of art.

SOMMARIO

Introduction; 1: Landscape and Longing; 2: Art and Human Nature; 3: What Is Art?; 4: "But They Don't Have Our Concept of Art"; 5: Art and Natural Selection; 6: The Uses of Fiction; 7: Art and Human Self-Domestication; 8: Intention, Forgery, Dada: Three Aesthetic Problems; 9: The Contingency of Aesthetic Values; 10: Greatness in the Arts

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780199539420
• Dimensioni: 234x156 mm.
• Formato: Hardback
• Illustration Notes: 5 colour plates
• Pagine Arabe: 288