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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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? |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780191633119 0191633119 9781283919166 1283919168 9780191746253 0191746258 |