“Aesthetic Primitives”: Fundamental Biological Elements of a Naturalistic Aesthetics
<p>Aesthetics, like other philosophical subjects, has historically made use of «top down» (mentalistic, analytic, and linguistic) methods. Recent discoveries in genetics, evolutionary psychology, paleoarchaeology, and neuroscience call for a new «naturalistic» or «bottom up» perspective. Combi...
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| description | <p>Aesthetics, like other philosophical subjects, has historically made use of «top down» (mentalistic, analytic, and linguistic) methods. Recent discoveries in genetics, evolutionary psychology, paleoarchaeology, and neuroscience call for a new «naturalistic» or «bottom up» perspective. Combining these fields with behavioral biology and ethnoarts studies, I offer seven premises that underlie a new understanding of evolved predispositions of the brain/mind that all artists use to attract attention, sustain interest, and create, mold, and shape emotion. I describe aesthetic «primitives» in somatic and behavioral (as well as psychosensory) modalities, suggesting that these were present in early <em>sapiens</em> and continue to influence human art making and aesthetic response today. Keywords: Aesthetic Mind; Neuroaesthetics, evolutionary aesthetics, cognitive aesthetics, evolution of art.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dca6bace630b4dbea4fe610c449892ad2022-12-22T02:02:32ZengFirenze University PressAisthesis2035-84662015-05-018162410.13128/Aisthesis-1620313601“Aesthetic Primitives”: Fundamental Biological Elements of a Naturalistic AestheticsEllen Dissanayake<p>Aesthetics, like other philosophical subjects, has historically made use of «top down» (mentalistic, analytic, and linguistic) methods. Recent discoveries in genetics, evolutionary psychology, paleoarchaeology, and neuroscience call for a new «naturalistic» or «bottom up» perspective. Combining these fields with behavioral biology and ethnoarts studies, I offer seven premises that underlie a new understanding of evolved predispositions of the brain/mind that all artists use to attract attention, sustain interest, and create, mold, and shape emotion. I describe aesthetic «primitives» in somatic and behavioral (as well as psychosensory) modalities, suggesting that these were present in early <em>sapiens</em> and continue to influence human art making and aesthetic response today. Keywords: Aesthetic Mind; Neuroaesthetics, evolutionary aesthetics, cognitive aesthetics, evolution of art.</p>http://www.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/16203Aesthetic MindNeuroaestheticsevolutionary aestheticscognitive aestheticsevolution of art |
| spellingShingle | Ellen Dissanayake “Aesthetic Primitives”: Fundamental Biological Elements of a Naturalistic Aesthetics Aisthesis Aesthetic Mind Neuroaesthetics evolutionary aesthetics cognitive aesthetics evolution of art |
| title | “Aesthetic Primitives”: Fundamental Biological Elements of a Naturalistic Aesthetics |
| title_full | “Aesthetic Primitives”: Fundamental Biological Elements of a Naturalistic Aesthetics |
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| title_short | “Aesthetic Primitives”: Fundamental Biological Elements of a Naturalistic Aesthetics |
| title_sort | aesthetic primitives fundamental biological elements of a naturalistic aesthetics |
| topic | Aesthetic Mind Neuroaesthetics evolutionary aesthetics cognitive aesthetics evolution of art |
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