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The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution / Denis Dutton.

By: Publication details: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 278 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781596914018 (alk. paper)
  • 1596914017 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 701/.17 22
LOC classification:
  • BH39 .D84 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BH39 .D84 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001113454

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.

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