The aesthetic brain how we evolved to desire beauty and enjoy art

'The Aesthetic Brain' takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey addressing fundamental questions about aesthetics and art. Using neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Chatterjee shows how beauty, pleasure, and art are grounded biologically, and offers explanations for why beauty, plea...

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Main Author: Chatterjee, Anjan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2014, 2014
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:'The Aesthetic Brain' takes the reader on a wide-ranging journey addressing fundamental questions about aesthetics and art. Using neuroscience and evolutionary psychology, Chatterjee shows how beauty, pleasure, and art are grounded biologically, and offers explanations for why beauty, pleasure, and art exist at all
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780199369546