The artful species aesthetics, art, and evolution
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 a...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43150123*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
