The artful species [electronic resource] : aesthetics, art, and evolution / Stephen Davies.

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Davies, Stephen, 1950-

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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:

9780191746253 (ebook) :

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Summary: Stephen Davies explores the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally, should be understood as an element in human evolution. He asks: Do animals have aesthetics? Do our aesthetic preferences have prehistoric roots? Is art universal? What is the biological role of aesthetic and artistic behaviour?

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Stephen Davies explores the idea that art, and our aesthetic sensibilities more generally, should be understood as an element in human evolution. He asks: Do animals have aesthetics? Do our aesthetic preferences have prehistoric roots? Is art universal? What is the biological role of aesthetic and artistic behaviour?

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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