Feeling beauty : the neuroscience of aesthetic experience / G. Gabrielle Starr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Starr, G. Gabrielle, 1974- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurosciences and the arts.

Aesthetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Other Title:

Neuroscience of aesthetic experience

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Starr argues that understanding the neural underpinnings of aesthetic experience can reshape our conceptions of aesthetics and the arts. Drawing on the tools of both cognitive neuroscience and traditional humanist inquiry, the book shows that neuroaesthetics offers a new model for understanding the dynamic and changing features of aesthetic life, the relationships among the arts, and how individual differences in aesthetic judgment shape the varieties of aesthetic experience.

Contents:

Aesthetics, Neuroaesthetics, and the Sister Arts

Seen and Heard: A Model for the Sister Arts

Aesthetics Beyond the Mind's Eye: Imagery and the Sister Arts

Toward a Dynamic Aesthetics: the Sister Arts and Beyond.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-31545-9

0-262-52744-8

0-262-31544-0

OCLC:

854585480