To Ellen Dissanayake, the arts are biologically evolved propensities of human nature: their
fundamental features helped early humans adapt to their environment and reproduce …

Art In Its Time takes a close look at the way in which art has become integral to the
everyday'ordinary'life of modern society. It explores the prevalent notion of art as …

I do not take the phrase ''community of sense''to mean a collectivity shaped by some
common feeling. I understand it as a frame of visibility and intelligibility that puts things or …

First published in 1983, Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art provides a lucid account of two
divergent tendencies in the study of aesthetics. At the one extreme, traditional aestheticians …

What can Sociology add to our understanding of art? This volume brings together a range of
respected scholars in the field who demonstrate the many ways in which sociology can add …

" George Hagman looks anew at psychoanalytic ideas about art and beauty through the lens
of current developmental psychology that recognizes the importance of attachment and …

This volume collects a set of essays1 that signal a new relationship of anthropology to the
study of art, one in which the historical boundaries and affinities between these domains are …

Hamlet versus South Park; J. Alfred Prufrock versus Mickey Mouse; Beethoven's Fifth
symphony versus Justin Bieber's “Eenie Meanie.” Such contrasts instantly evoke a familiar …

What is art? The contributors to Theories of Art Today address the assertion that the term
“art” no longer holds meaning. They explore a variety of issues including: aesthetic and …

Art History: the Basics has been written as a concise and accessible introduction for the
interested general reader and the undergraduate approaching the subject for the first time at …