The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution /
Dutton, Denis.
The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution / Denis Dutton. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009. - 278 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.
Introduction -- Landscape and longing -- Art and human nature -- What is art? -- "But they don't have our concept of art" -- Art and natural selection -- The uses of fiction -- Art and human self-domestication -- Intention, forgery, Dada : three aesthetic problems -- The contingency of aesthetic values -- Greatness in the arts.
9781596914018 (alk. paper) 1596914017 (alk. paper)
2008028304
Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology)
Instinct.
BH39 / .D84 2009
701/.17
The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution / Denis Dutton. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009. - 278 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-268) and index.
Introduction -- Landscape and longing -- Art and human nature -- What is art? -- "But they don't have our concept of art" -- Art and natural selection -- The uses of fiction -- Art and human self-domestication -- Intention, forgery, Dada : three aesthetic problems -- The contingency of aesthetic values -- Greatness in the arts.
9781596914018 (alk. paper) 1596914017 (alk. paper)
2008028304
Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology)
Instinct.
BH39 / .D84 2009
701/.17