Art Instinct

Denis Dutton

RRP: £16.99

Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Publication Date : 12/02/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Examines why all cultures share the need to create art, looking at the question from a biological and evolutionary perspective. Brings together examples, both visual and performance, from many different cultures.

Publisher's description:

The need to create art is found in every human society, manifest in many different ways across many different cultures. Is this universal need rooted in our evolutionary past? The Art Instinct reveals that it is, combining evolutionary psychology with aesthetics to shed new light on fascinating questions about the nature of art.

ISBN: 9780199539420