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  1. The artful species
    aesthetics, art, and evolution
    Author: Davies, Stephen
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Location:
    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780191633119; 0191633119; 9781283919166; 1283919168; 9780191746253; 0191746258
    RVK Categories: CC 6900 ; LH 61045
    Subjects: ART / General; Aesthetics; Art / Philosophy; Art / Psychological aspects; Human evolution; Kunst; Philosophie; Psychologie; Ästhetik; Aesthetics; Art; Human evolution; Art; Kulturelle Evolution; Ästhetik; Kunst
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (301 Seiten)
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    Includes bibliographical references

    The aesthetic -- The nature of art -- The theory of evolution -- How might the aesthetic, art, and evolution be related? -- Humans' aesthetic appreciation of nonhuman animals -- Landscape aesthetics -- The aesthetics of human beauty -- General theories of art as an adaptation and the origins of art -- Art as a spandrel -- Art as a technology -- Arts as adaptations

    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?
  2. The artful species
    aesthetics, art, and evolution
    Author: Davies, Stephen
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    Location:
    Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Bibliothek

    Location:
    Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte
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    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9780191746253
    Other identifier:
    RVK Categories: CC 6900 ; LH 61045
    Subjects: Kunst; Psychologie; Ästhetik; Aesthetics; Human evolution; Art / Psychological aspects; Kulturelle Evolution; Ästhetik; Kunst
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource
    Notes:

    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