Evolutionary Aesthetics

By: Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer

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Hardcover | 12 June 2003

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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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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Life Sciences in General Genetics excluding Medical Philosophy Philosophy & Aesthetics Psychology Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Behavioural Theory & Behaviourism Evolution Zoology & Animal Sciences

Animal Behaviour

Introduction	p. 1
Darwinian Aesthetics Informs Traditional Aesthetics	p. 9
The Beauties and the Beautiful - Some Considerations from the Perspective of Neuronal Aesthetics	p. 39
The Role of Evolved Perceptual Biases in Art and Design	p. 69
From Sign and Schema to Iconic Representation. Evolutionary Aesthetics of Pictorial Art	p. 131
Beauty and Sex Appeal: Sexual Selection of Aesthetic Preferences	p. 173
Beyond Nature Versus Culture: A Multiple Fitness Analysis of Variations in Grooming	p. 201
Aesthetic Preferences in the World of Artifacts - Adaptations for the Evaluation of Honest Signals?	p. 239
Handaxes: The First Aesthetic Artefacts	p. 261
Human Habitat Preferences: A Generative Territory for Evolutionary Aesthetics Research	p. 279
Bodies in Motion: A Window to the Soul	p. 295
Perfumes	p. 325
Do Women Have Evolved Adaption for Extra-Pair Copulation?	p. 341
Subject Index	p. 369
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