The art instinct : beauty, pleasure, & human evolution /: beauty, pleasure, & human evolution. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Denis Dutton.
• Other Names: Dutton, Denis
• Contents: Introduction -- Landscape and longing -- Art and human nature -- What is art? -- "But they don't have our concept of art" -- Art and natural selection -- The uses of fiction -- Art and human self-domestication -- Intention, forgery, Dada : three aesthetic problems -- The contingency of aesthetic values -- Greatness in the arts.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (278 pages)
• Subjects: 701/.17; Aesthetics; Art -- Philosophy; Evolution (Biology); Instinct; Aesthetics; Art -- Philosophy; Evolution (Biology); Instinct; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781608191932; 1608191931
• Related ISBNs: 9781596914018; 1596914017
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.