The Art Instinct

The need to create art is found in every human society, manifest in many different ways across many different cultures. Is this universal need rooted in our evolutionary past? The Art Instinct reveals that it is, combining evolutionary psychology with aesthetics to shed new light on fascinating questions about the nature of art.

(Oxford)

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Jeff Sawtell, Morning Star Dutton's book is entertaining and amusing.

Art Newspaper His arguement takes us on an entertaining tour of science and art.

Peter Forbes, The Independent This is a wonderful, mind-changing book.

Nigel Warburton, Prospect Dutton's prose is direct, entertaining and stylish..Unlike most works on aesthetics, this book is a great read.

Roger Kimball, Times Literary Supplement Dutton ranges widely and entertainingly over the arts.

Brian Morton, The Observer In 250 elegant pages, Dutton demonstrates that aesthetics are linked at the profoundest level to our biological and cognitive prehistory.

Spiked Beautifully written... The easy elegance of the writing is no accident of charm... Dutton is moved by a passion for art itself or, to be more precise, a conviction that art is essential to our humanity.

The Atlantic Provocative... punchy... a hard-hitting amalgamation of critical theory and evolutionary science... Both cogent and exhilarating.

(Oxford)

Introduction; 1. But they don't have our concept of art; 2. Aesthetic perception: Pot People and Basket Folk; 3. A naturalist definition of art; 4. Art and human nature; 5. Landscape and longing; 6. Art and evolution: natural selection; 7. Art and evolution: sexual selection; 8. Art and authenticity; 9. Genius and innovation; 10. The reality of beauty

(Oxford)