Biology of Art

Challenges traditional evolutionary, psychological and neurobiological theories by using the ecology of art to explore art behaviors.

List of contents

1. What is art?; 2. Naturalism and its discontents; 3. The evolutionary framework; 4. The psychology and neurobiology of art; 5. The ecology of art; 6. Conclusion.

Summary

Biological accounts of art typically start with evolutionary, psychological or neurobiological theories. A more comprehensive framework, based also on the ecology of art and how art behaviors get expressed in engineered niches, can help us better understand the full range of art behaviors.

Product details

• Authors: Richard A. Richards, Richard A. (University of Alabama) Richards, Richards Richard, Richards Richard A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781108727846
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72784-6
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of; Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Wissenschaft, Technologie und Gesellschaft, Theory of art, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy: aesthetics