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The artful species : aesthetics, art, and evolution
- Title
- The artful species : aesthetics, art, and evolution / Stephen Davies.
- Author
- Davies, Stephen, 1950-
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 13-2577 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 301 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-279) and index.
- Contents
- The aesthetic -- The nature of art -- The theory of evolution -- How might the aesthetic, art, and evolution be related? -- Humans' aesthetic appreciation of nonhuman animals -- Landscape aesthetics -- The aesthetics of human beauty -- General theories of art as an adaptation and the origins of art -- Art as a spandrel -- Art as a technology -- Arts as adaptations.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-2577
- ISBN
- 9780199658541 (hbk.)
- 0199658544 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 801589118
- Author
- Davies, Stephen, 1950-
- Title
- The artful species : aesthetics, art, and evolution / Stephen Davies.
- Imprint
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-279) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-2577