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The seductions of Darwin : art, evolution, neuroscience / Matthew Rampley.
- Title
- The seductions of Darwin : art, evolution, neuroscience / Matthew Rampley.
- Author
- Rampley, Matthew
- Publication
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | N72.B5 R36 2017 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 189 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "A critical study of the growing use of evolutionary theory and neuroscience to interpret art. Explores the question of what is gained from using ideas and methods from the biological sciences in the analysis of art"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-177) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Art, biology, and the aesthetics of selection -- Memes and trees : art history as evolution -- Brains, caves, and phalanxes : neuroaesthetics and neuroarthistory -- Self-organizing evolution : art as a system.
- ISBN
- 9780271077420
- 0271077425
- LCCN
- ^^2016033408
- OCLC
- 957696565
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library