Evolutionary Aesthetics
Author:   Eckart Voland ,  Karl Grammer
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   2003 ed.
ISBN:  

9783540436706


Pages:   380
Publication Date:   12 June 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Evolutionary Aesthetics is the attempt to understand the aesthetic judgement of human beings and their spontaneous distinction between ""beauty"" and ""ugliness"" as a biologically adapted ability to make important decisions in life. The hypothesis is - both in the area of ""natural beauty"" and in sexuality, with regard to landscape preferences, but also in the area of ""artificial beauty"" (i.e. in art and design) - that beauty opens up fitness opportunities, while ugliness holds fitness risks. In this book, this adaptive view of aesthetics is developed theoretically, presented on the basis of numerous examples, and its consequences for evolutionary anthropology are illuminated.

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Author:   Eckart Voland ,  Karl Grammer
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.824kg
ISBN:  

9783540436706


ISBN 10:   3540436707
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   12 June 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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