Ellen Dissanayake

Homo Aestheticus

Where Art Comes From and Why

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Discusses the place of art in human evolution and in the future

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780295974798
• ISBN-10: 0295974796
• Artikelnr.: 22203221

Autorenporträt

Ellen Dissanayake

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the 1995 Edition
Preface to the Original Edition
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Why Species-Centrism?
2. Biology and Art: The Implications of Feeling Good
3. The Core of Art: Making Special
4. Dromena, or "Things Done": Reconciling Culture and Nature
5. The Arts as Means of Enhancement
6. "Empathy Theory" Reconsidered: The Psychobiology of Aesthetic Responses
7. Does Writing Erase Art?
Notes
References
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Credits