The seductions of Darwin : art, evolution, neuroscience / Matthew Rampley.
- Rampley, Matthew
- Date:
- [2017]
- Books
About this work
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
Contributors
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePA.ALOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780271077420
- 0271077425