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The artful species : aesthetics, art, and evolution / by Stephen Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Stephen, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aesthetics.
- Human evolution.
- Art--Psychological aspects.
- Art.
- Art--Philosophy.
- Cultural Evolution--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Cultural Evolution--history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Aesthetics, art, and evolution
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Stephen Davies explores the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally, should be understood as an element in human evolution. He asks: Do animals have aesthetics? Do our aesthetic preferences have prehistoric roots? Is art universal? What is the biological role of aesthetic and artistic behaviour?
- Contents:
- The aesthetic
- The nature of art
- The theory of evolution
- How might the aesthetic, art, and evolution be related?
- Humans' aesthetic appreciation of nonhuman animals
- Landscape aesthetics
- The aesthetics of human beauty
- General theories of art as an adaptation and the origins of art
- Art as a spandrel
- Art as a technology
- Arts as adaptations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-279) and index (p. [285]-301).
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2012).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-101585-7
- 0-19-870963-3
- 1-283-91916-8
- 0-19-163311-9
- OCLC:
- 823319359
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