Title What is art for? / Ellen Dissanayake

Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1990 ©1988

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) Notes Includes indexes Print version record Subject Art -- Psychology. Art appreciation. Behavior evolution. Human behavior. Anthropology. Behavior Anthropology human behavior. anthropology. ART -- General. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Anthropology Art appreciation Art -- Psychology Behavior evolution Human behavior Kunstpsychologie Kunst. Maatschappij. Art -- Appréciation. Art -- Psychologie. Comportement humain. Evolution du comportement. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780295998381 0295998385

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