Survival of the beautiful : art, science, and evolution / David Rothenberg.

New York ; London : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.

viii, 311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Come up and see my bower -- Only the most fascinating survive -- It could be anything : male and female animals in their artworlds -- Pollock In the forest ; abstraction as measure of the real -- Hiding ingenuity, or Think like a squid : camouflage between art and nature -- Creative experiments : when science learns from art -- The human, the elephant, and art out of relationship -- The brain In the cave : art at the edge of human certainty -- One culture of beauty, between art and science.

Includes bibliographical references and index.