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Published by Bloomsbury Press, 2008
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- Title
- The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
- Author
- Denis Dutton
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Press
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1596914017
- ISBN 13
- 9781596914018
- Item weight
- 1.11 pounds
Challenges popular conceptions in art theory and criticism to argue that human tastes in the arts are evolutionary traits shaped by Darwinian selection as opposed to social construction, in a volume that explains the role of evolution in aesthetic preferences while calling for a practice of art criticism from an evolutionary standpoint. 40,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Denis Dutton is the founder and editor of the hugely popular Web site Arts & Letters Daily, named by the Guardian as the best Web site in the world. He also founded and edits the journal Philosophy and Literature, and is a professor of the philosophy of art at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
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