Aesthetics in Art: a Neuroscientific View

Cinzia Di Dio

ISBN 10: 3659530360 / ISBN 13: 9783659530364

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2014, 2014

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Neuware -It has often been claimed that beauty, objectively determined, does not exist because of profound subjective differences in the evaluation of what is beautiful and what is not. Although individual biases are undeniable, it is also rather implausible to maintain that beauty is merely a conventional, experientially determined concept. As Gombrich (1984) wrote, elements in a picture which determine aesthetical experience are ¿deeply involved in our biological heritage¿, although we are unable to give a conscious explanation to them.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aesthetics in Art: a Neuroscientific View
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jun 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659530360
• ISBN 13: 9783659530364
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 8D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 179 grams

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Synopsis

It has often been claimed that beauty, objectively determined, does not exist because of profound subjective differences in the evaluation of what is beautiful and what is not. Although individual biases are undeniable, it is also rather implausible to maintain that beauty is merely a conventional, experientially determined concept. As Gombrich (1984) wrote, elements in a picture which determine aesthetical experience are “deeply involved in our biological heritage”, although we are unable to give a conscious explanation to them.

About the Author

Cinzia Di Dio was born in Italy in 1973. She graduated in Psychological Sciences and obtained an MSc in Research Methods from the University of Hertfordshire, UK. She received a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Parma, Italy. Presently she is involved in neuroscientific research with particular interest in the field of neuroaesthetics.