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Author Dutton, Denis.

Title The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution / Denis Dutton.

Publication Info. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  701.1 DUT    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  701.1 DU    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 278 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Landscape and longing -- Art and human nature -- What is art? -- "But they don't have our concept of art" -- Art and natural selection -- The uses of fiction -- Art and human self-domestication -- Intention, forgery, Dada : three aesthetic problems -- The contingency of aesthetic values -- Greatness in the arts.
Subject Aesthetics.
Art -- Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology)
Instinct.
ISBN 9781596914018 alkaline paper $30.00
1596914017 alkaline paper
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