What is art for? / Ellen Dissanayake.
By: Dissanayake, Ellen
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TextPublisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 1998, c1988Description: xv, 249 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0295970170 (pbk.); 9780295970172 (pbk.)Subject(s): Art -- Psychology | Art appreciation | Behavior evolution | Human behavior | AnthropologyDDC classification: 701.15 LOC classification: N 71 | .D57 1990N71 | .D57 1990| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections Annex 2, PEBE 109 | Non-fiction | N 71 .D57 1990 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0000000218559 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-230) and indexes.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Photographic credits -- Index of names -- Index of subjects.
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