Evolutionary and Neurocognitive Approaches to Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts

Contributor(s): Martindale, Colin (Author), Locher, Paul (Author), Petrov, Vladimir (Author), Berleant, Arnold (Author)

ISBN: 9780895033062

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$225.00

Pub Date: May 1, 2006

Dewey: 153.35

LCCN: 2006043022

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.63" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.13 lbs) 256 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Foundations and Frontiers in Aesthetics

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Describes fresh approaches to aesthetics, creativity and psychology of the arts, approaching these topics from a point of view that is biological or related to biology. This book begins with a consideration of ten theories on the evolutionary function of specific arts such as music and literature.

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