| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
aesthetics, art, and evolution |
| Author: |
DaviesStephen, 1950- |
| Place of Publication: |
Oxford |
| Published: |
Oxford University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2013 |
| Description: |
1 online resource |
| Subject: |
Aesthetics - |
| Subject: |
Human evolution - |
| Subject: |
Art - Psychological aspects - |
| Online resource: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658541.001.0001 |
| Notes: |
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2012) |
| Summary: |
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? |
| ISBN: |
9780191746253ebook |
| ISBN: |
9780199658541Print version |