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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1. Verfasser: Davies, Stephen, 1950- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Ausgabe:1st ed.
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Zusammenfassung: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?
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780191633119
0191633119
9781283919166
1283919168
9780191746253
0191746258

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