A Commentary in 'Art, Aesthetics, and Evolution'

ASEBL Journal 2.2 (Spring 2015)

5 Pages Posted: 6 Nov 2016

Date Written: March 21, 2015

Abstract

A response to Anthony Lock's paper "Evolutionary Aesthetics, the Interrelationship between Viewer and Artist, and New Zealandism," ASEBL Journal 11.2 (2015): 47-48. Among the topics addressed are the notion of consilience, 'third culture,' evolutionary aesthetics and its relation to cultural critique, and the work of the New Zealand modernist painter Colin McCahon.

Keywords: Consilience, Evolutionism, Aesthetics, Evolutionary aesthetics, Evolutionary psychology, Colin McCahon, Art criticism,

Suggested Citation

Garcia Landa, Jose Angel, A Commentary in 'Art, Aesthetics, and Evolution' (March 21, 2015). ASEBL Journal 2.2 (Spring 2015), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2862770

Jose Angel Garcia Landa (Contact Author)

Universidad de Zaragoza ( email )

Gran Via 2
Zaragoza, 50005
Spain

HOME PAGE: http://www.garcialanda.net

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