The biology of art
Richard A. Richards.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (71 pages) : : digital, PDF file(s).
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 May 2019).. - Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- The Biology of Art -- Contents -- 1 What Is Art? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Defining Art -- 1.3 Procedural Criteria -- 1.4 Classical versus Cluster Definitions -- 1.5 Theoretical Problems -- 1.6 Theory and Art -- 1.7 Naturalism -- 1.8 Conclusion -- 2 Naturalism and Its Discontents -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Evolutionary Theories -- 2.3 The Psychology and Neurobiology of Art -- 2.4 Criticisms of Scientific Naturalism -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 The Evolutionary Framework -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Art in Other Species -- 3.3 The Evolution of Human Art -- 3.4 Storytelling -- 3.5 Dance and Music -- 3.6 The Full Evolutionary Framework -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 4 The Psychology and Neurobiology of Art -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Empirical Aesthetics -- 4.3 Arousal, Prototype and Fluency Theories -- 4.4 Laws of Aesthetic Experience -- 4.5 The Neurobiology of Aesthetic Experience -- 4.6 Conclusion -- 5 The Ecology of Art -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Engineered Niches -- 5.3 Human Niche Technologies -- 5.4 Niche-Dependent Normativity -- 5.5 Niche-Independent Normativity -- 5.6 The Two Streams of Normativity -- 6 Conclusion -- 6.1 The Value of Art -- 6.2 Relational Value -- 6.3 Sources of Value -- 6.4 What Is Art? Redux -- 6.5 Biotic Art -- 6.6 Pragmatism in Conceiving of Art -- References -- Acknowledgments.. - Biological accounts of art typically start with evolutionary, psychological or neurobiological theories. These approaches might be able to explain many of the similarities we see in art behaviors within and across human populations, but they don't obviously explain the differences we also see. Nor do they give us guidance on how we should engage with art, or the conceptual basis for art. 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, their normativity and conceptual basis.
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| ISBN | 9781108672078
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