The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, and human evolution /
Dutton, Denis.
The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, and human evolution / Denis Dutton. - New York : Bloomsbury press , 2009. - 282 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-271) 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.
9781608190553 (pbk.) 62.32
Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology).
Instinct.
The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, and human evolution / Denis Dutton. - New York : Bloomsbury press , 2009. - 282 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-271) 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.
9781608190553 (pbk.) 62.32
Aesthetics.
Art--Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology).
Instinct.