The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution by Denis Dutton

The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution

Denis Dutton

278 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction art philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In a groundbreaking new book that does for art what Stephen Pinker's The Language Instinct did for linguistics, Denis Dutton overturns a century of art theory and criticism and revolutionizes our understanding of the arts.The Art Instinct combines...

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