The Seductions of Darwin : : Art, Evolution, Neuroscience / / Matthew Rampley.
The surge of evolutionary and neurological analyses of art and its effects raises questions of how art, culture, and the biological sciences influence one another, and what we gain in applying scientific methods to the interpretation of artwork. In this insightful book, Matthew Rampley addresses the...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Art, Biology, and the Aesthetics of Selection
- 2 Memes and Trees: Art History as Evolution
- 3 Brains, Caves, and Phalanxes: Neuroaesthetics and Neuroarthistory
- 4 Self-Organizing Evolution: Art as a System
- Conclusion: On the Multiple Cultures of Inquiry
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index