The Artful Species: Aesthetics, Art, and Evolution

by Stephen Davies and Stephen Davies

Book Overview

The Artful Species explores the idea that our aesthetic responses and art behaviors are connected to our evolved human nature. Our humanoid forerunners displayed aesthetic sensibilities hundreds of thousands of years ago and the art standing of prehistoric cave paintings is virtually uncontested.

In Part One, Stephen Davies analyses the key concepts of the aesthetic, art, and evolution, and explores how they might be related. He considers a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199658544
• ISBN13: 9780199658541
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"