Evolutionary Aesthetics
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Voland, E., Grammer, K. (2003). Evolutionary Aesthetics. Springer. Berlin, ISBN: 978-3-642-07822-4.
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http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-07142-7
Abstract
Evolutionary Aesthetics is the attempt to understand the aesthetic judgement of human beings and their spontaneous distinction between "beauty" and "ugliness" as a biologically adapted ability to make important decisions in life. The hypothesis is - both in the area of "natural beauty" and in sexuality, with regard to landscape preferences, but also in the area of "artificial beauty" (i.e. in art and design) - that beauty opens up fitness opportunities, while ugliness holds fitness risks. In this book, this adaptive view of aesthetics is developed theoretically, presented on the basis of numerous examples, and its consequences for evolutionary anthropology are illuminated.
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Front Matter Pages I-X http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm%3A978-3-662-07142-7%2F1.pdf
Karl Grammer, Eckart Voland: Introduction. Pages 1-5
The Problem
Front Matter. Pages 7-7 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm%3A978-3-662-07142-7%2F2%2F1.pdf
Randy Thornhill: Darwinian Aesthetics Informs Traditional Aesthetics. Pages 9-35
From Is to Beauty — From Perception to Cognition
Front Matter: Pages 37-37. http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm%3A978-3-662-07142-7%2F3%2F1.pdf
Olaf Breidbach: The Beauties and the Beautiful — Some Considerations from the Perspective of Neuronal Aesthetics. Pages 39-68
Richard G. Coss: The Role of Evolved Perceptual Biases in Art and Design. Pages 69-130
Christa Sütterlin: From Sign and Schema to Iconic Representation. Evolutionary Aesthetics of Pictorial Art. Pages 131-170
The Fitness of Beauty — Aesthetics and Adaptation
Front Matter. Pages 171-171. http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm%3A978-3-662-07142-7%2F4%2F1.pdf
Uta Skamel: Beauty and Sex Appeal: Sexual Selection of Aesthetic Preferences. Pages 173-200
Michael R. Cunningham, Stephen R. Shamblen: Beyond Nature Versus Culture: A Multiple Fitness Analysis of Variations in Grooming. Pages 201-237
Eckart Voland: Aesthetic Preferences in the World of Artifacts — Adaptations for the Evaluation of ‘Honest Signals’? Pages 239-260
Steven Mithen: Handaxes: The First Aesthetic Artefacts. Pages 261-275
Modular Aesthetics
Front Matter Pages 277-277 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm%3A978-3-662-07142-7%2F5%2F1.pdf
Bernhart Ruso, LeeAnn Renninger, Klaus Atzwanger: Human Habitat Preferences: A Generative Territory for Evolutionary Aesthetics Research. Pages 279-294
Karl Grammer, Viktoria Keki, Beate Striebel, Michaela Atzmüller, Bernhard Fink: Bodies in Motion: A Window to the Soul. Pages 295-323
Manfred Milinski: Perfumes. Pages 325-339
Randy Thornhill, Steven W. Gangestad: Do Women Have Evolved Adaptation for Extra-Pair Copulation? Pages 341-368
Back Matter Pages 369-377 http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bbm%3A978-3-662-07142-7%2F1.pdf
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