Dutton Denis:
The Art Instinct
Beauty, Pleasure, And Human Evolution
Oxford University Press (United Kingdom), 2009
Hardback, 288 pages
Size: 234x156 mm
ISBN: 9780199539420
ISBN-10: 0199539421
List price: £16.99
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The Art Instinct
The need to create art is found in every human society, manifest in many different ways across many different cultures. Is this universal need rooted in our evolutionary past? The Art Instinct reveals that it is, combining evolutionary psychology with aesthetics to shed new light on fascinating questions about the nature of art.

