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Author
Series
Charles Eliot Norton lectures volume 1949-1950
Publisher
P. Smith
Pub. Date
1969.
Physical Desc
xi, 257 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
42) Form
Author
Series
Publisher
Barrons Educational Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Survival of the Beautiful is a revolutionary new examination of the role that art and culture play in nature and the evolutionary process. Taking his inspiration from Charles Darwin's observation that birds have a natural aesthetic sense, Rothenberg dives into the mysteries of why we create art, and why animals, humans included, have innate appreciation for beauty.Sexual selection may explain why animals desire, but it says very little about what...
50) On music
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (174 p.).
Language
English
Description
Opinionated and example-filled, this extremely concise and accessible book provides a survey of some fundamental and longstanding debates about the nature of music. The central arguments and ideas of historical and contemporary philosophers are presented with the goal of making them as accessible as possible to general readers who have no background in philosophy. The emphasis is on instrumental music, but examples are drawn from many cultures as...
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
For centuries, humans have sought to express beauty in architecture and art, but it is only recently that neuroscience is helping to determine how and why beauty plays an important role in our wellbeing. Architects and neuroscientists are embarking on a new field of study in which subliminal responses to one's built environment may influence the future of design. Experts argue that positive subliminal reactions lead to a pleasurable experience, one...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whether pondering black holes or predicting discoveries at CERN, physicists believe the best theories are beautiful, natural, and elegant, and this standard separates popular theories from disposable ones. This is why, Sabine Hossenfelder argues, we have not seen a major breakthrough in the foundations of physics for more than four decades. The belief in beauty has become so dogmatic that it now conflicts with scientific objectivity: observation...
60) R.G. Collingwood
Author
Series
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
53 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
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