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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.
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The Art Instinct, Denis Dutton
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- The Art Instinct
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Denis Dutton
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0199580731
- ISBN13
- 9780199580736
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, Art, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Art History & Criticism, History of Art, Evolution
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
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- 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.