Art Instinct Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

Name: Art Instinct Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
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ISBN: 9781608190553

ISBN-10: 1608190552

ISBN-13: 9781608190553

Edition: 2010

Authors: Denis Dutton

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"If you care about art writ large as a miraculous bounty for the world, or only for your own selfish sake,The Art Instinctshould impress you as the most shrewd, precisely written and provocative study you'll find."Philadelphia InquirerDenis Dutton's lively, controversialThe Art Instinctcombines two contentious disciplinesart and evolutionary sciencein a provocative new approach to how we think about art, from painting to literature to movies to pottery. Human tastes in the arts, Dutton argues, are evolutionary traits, not social constructs. Using forceful logic and hard evidence, Dutton overturns a century of art theory and criticism and restores the place of beauty, pleasure, and skill as…

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List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 2/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English