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The seductions of Darwin : art, evolution, neuroscience / Matthew Rampley.
LIBRA N72.B5 R36 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rampley, Matthew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and biology.
- Evolution (Biology) in art.
- Neurosciences and the arts.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 189 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "A critical study of the growing use of evolutionary theory and neuroscience to interpret art. Explores the question of what is gained from using ideas and methods from the biological sciences in the analysis of art"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Art, biology, and the aesthetics of selection
- Memes and trees : art history as evolution
- Brains, caves, and phalanxes : neuroaesthetics and neuroarthistory
- Self-organizing evolution : art as a system.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271077420
- 0271077425
- OCLC:
- 957696565
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