Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art

By Anjan Chatterjee

Book Overview

The Aesthetic Brain takes readers on an exciting journey through the world of beauty, pleasure, and art. Using the latest advances in neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Anjan Chatterjee investigates how an aesthetic sense is etched into our minds, and explains why artistic concerns feature centrally in our lives. Along the way, Chatterjee addresses such fundamental questions as: What is beauty? Is it universal? How is beauty related to pleasure? What is art? Should art be beautiful? Do we have an instinct for art?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019026201X
• ISBN13: 9780190262013
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"