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The aesthetic brain : how we evolved to desire beauty and enjoy art / Anjan Chatterjee.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection BH301.P78 C45 2014
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Van Pelt Library BH301.P78 C45 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chatterjee, Anjan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics--Psychological aspects.
- Aesthetics.
- Genetic psychology.
- Brain--Evolution.
- Brain.
- Art.
- Psychology.
- Esthetics.
- Brain--physiology.
- Pleasure.
- Medical Subjects:
- Psychology.
- Esthetics.
- Brain--physiology.
- Pleasure.
- Physical Description:
- 217 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- "The Aesthetic Brain takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey addressing fundamental questions about aesthetics and art. Using neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Chatterjee shows how beauty, pleasure, and art are grounded biologically, and offers explanations for why beauty, pleasure, and art exist at all"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- BEAUTY
- 1. What is this thing called beauty?
- 2. Captivating faces
- 3. The measure of facial beauty
- 4. The body beautiful
- 5. How the brain works
- 6. Brains behind beauty
- 7. Evolving beauty
- 8. Landscapes
- 9. Numbering beauty
- 10. The illogic of beauty
- PLEASURE
- 1. What is this thing called pleasure?
- 2. Food
- 3. Sex
- 4. Money
- 5. Liking, wanting, learning
- 6. The logic of pleasure
- ART
- 1. What is this thing called art?
- 2. Art: Biology and culture
- 3. Descriptive science of the arts
- 4. Experimental science of the arts
- 5. Conceptual art
- 6. The inception of art
- 7. Messy minds
- 8. Evolving art
- 9. Art: A tail or a song?
- 10. The serendipity of art.
- I. Beauty
- What is this thing called beauty?
- Captivating faces
- The measure of facial beauty
- The body beautiful
- How the brain works
- Brains behind beauty
- Evolving beauty
- Landscapes
- Numbering beauty
- The illogic of beauty
- II. Pleasure
- What is this thing called pleasure?
- Food
- Sex
- Money
- Liking, wanting, learning
- The logic of pleasure
- III. Art
- What is this thing called art?
- Art: Biology and culture
- Descriptive science of the arts
- Experimental science of the arts
- Conceptual art
- The roots of art
- Evolving minds
- Evolving art
- Art: A tail or a song?
- The serendipity of art.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780199811809
- 0199811806
- OCLC:
- 839396791
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