The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution / Denis Dutton.
Publication details: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 278 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781596914018 (alk. paper)
- 1596914017 (alk. paper)
- 701/.17 22
- BH39 .D84 2009
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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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