What is art for?

by Dissanayake, Ellen

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Title Statements

Full title :What is art for? / Ellen Dissanayake.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1988.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Washington Press
Place of Publication:Seattle
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1988.

Notes

Includes indexes.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 249 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0295966122, 9780295966120, 0295970170, 9780295970172
oclc:ocm16984636
LC Classification:N71
Dewey Decimal:701/.1/5

The biobehavioral view -- What is art? -- What does art do for people? -- "Making special" : toward a behavior of art -- The evolution of a behavior of art -- The importance of feeling -- From tradition to aestheticism.

Subjects

Anthropologie anthropology Art -- Psychologie Art -- Psychology Art appreciation Arts - Sociological perspectives Behavior Behavior evolution Books Comportement humain Évolution du comportement human behavior Human evolution Kunst Kunstpsychologie Maatschappij