Brain, Beauty, and Art: Essays Bringing Neuroaesthetics into Focus

Synopsis

Aesthetics has long been the preserve of philosophy, art history, and the creative arts but, more recently, the fields of psychology and neuroscience have entered the discussion, and the field of neuroaesthetics has been born. In Brain, Beauty, and Art, leading scholars in this nascent field reflect on the promise of neuroaesthetics to enrich our understanding of this universal yet diverse facet of human experience. The volume consists of essays from foundational researchers whose empirical work launched the field. Each essay is anchored to an original, peer-reviewed paper from the short history of this new and burgeoning subdiscipline of cognitive neuroscience. Authors of each essay were asked three questions: 1) What motivated the original paper? 2) What were the main findings or theoretical claims made? and, 3) How do those findings or claims fit with the current state and anticipated near future of neuroaesthetics? Together, these essays establish the territory and current boundaries of neuroaesthetics and identify its most promising future directions. Topics include models of neuroaesthetics, and discussions of beauty, art, dance, music, literature, and architecture. Brain, Beauty, and Art will inform and stimulate anyone with an abiding interest in why it is that, across time and culture, we respond to beauty, engage with art, and are affected by music and architecture.

Copyright:

2021

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ISBN-13:

9780197513644

Related ISBNs:

9780197513620, 9780197513637

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Date of Addition:

02/25/23

Copyrighted By:

Oxford University Press

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Science, Art and Architecture, Psychology, Medicine, Philosophy

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Edited by:

Anjan Chatterjee

Edited by:

Eileen Cardilo