Pretty ugly : why we like some songs, faces, foods, plays, pictures, poems, etc., and dislike others /
Maurer, Charles, 1946-
Pretty ugly : why we like some songs, faces, foods, plays, pictures, poems, etc., and dislike others / Charles Maurer and Daphne Maurer. - Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (ix, 327 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
People are chemical machines, yet we (and some other animals) develop a sense of beauty. Why and how did it evolve? How is it formed?This book answers these questions from the perspective of scientists with deep knowledge of the arts. It interweaves experimental sciences with the histories of art, architecture, music, dance, speech, literature, and food. Although we perceive each of our senses to be dramatically different, the authors show them all to be similar under the hood--similar in how they function and in how they shape our aesthetic experience. The authors cover many fields, and do not.
9781527538948
Aesthetics.
Electronic Books.
BH39 / .P748 2019
Pretty ugly : why we like some songs, faces, foods, plays, pictures, poems, etc., and dislike others / Charles Maurer and Daphne Maurer. - Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (ix, 327 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
People are chemical machines, yet we (and some other animals) develop a sense of beauty. Why and how did it evolve? How is it formed?This book answers these questions from the perspective of scientists with deep knowledge of the arts. It interweaves experimental sciences with the histories of art, architecture, music, dance, speech, literature, and food. Although we perceive each of our senses to be dramatically different, the authors show them all to be similar under the hood--similar in how they function and in how they shape our aesthetic experience. The authors cover many fields, and do not.
9781527538948
Aesthetics.
Electronic Books.
BH39 / .P748 2019