Survival of the beautiful : art, science, and evolution / David Rothenberg
Imprint
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2012
Descript
viii, 311 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
CONTENT
Come up and see my bower -- Only the most fascinating survive -- It could be anything: male and female animals in their art worlds -- Pollock In the forest: abstraction as measure of the real -- Hiding ingenuity, or Think like a squid: camouflage between art and nature -- Creative experiments: when science learns from art -- The human, the elephant, and art out of relationship -- The brain In the cave: art at the edge of human certainty -- One culture of beauty, between art and science