The seductions of Darwin : art, evolution, neuroscience / Matthew Rampley.

  • Rampley, Matthew
Date:
[2017]
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Description

"A critical study of the growing use of evolutionary theory and neuroscience to interpret art. Explores the question of what is gained from using ideas and methods from the biological sciences in the analysis of art"--Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]

Physical description

ix, 189 pages ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Art, biology, and the aesthetics of selection -- Memes and trees : art history as evolution -- Brains, caves, and phalanxes : neuroaesthetics and neuroarthistory -- Self-organizing evolution : art as a system.

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    History of Medicine
    PA.AL
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ISBN

  • 9780271077420
  • 0271077425