Homo aestheticus : where art comes from and why /

"Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological component of every human being. In her view, art is intimately linked to the origins of religious practices and to ceremonies of birth, death, transition, and transc...

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Main Author: Dissanayake, Ellen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1995.
Edition:First University of Washington Press edition.
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