Homo Aestheticus
New York: The Free Press, 1992. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 297pp. from front flap: "All human societies throughout history have given a special place to the arts. Even nomadic peoples who own scarcely any material possessions embellish what they do own, decorate their bodies, and celebrate special occasions with music, song, and dance. A fundamentally human appetite or need is being expressed--and met--by artistic activity. As Ellen Dissanayake argues in this stimulating and intellectually far-ranging book, only by discovering the natural origins of this human need of art will we truly know what art is, what it means, and what its future might be." Book VG+: faint foxing to endpapers, else clean, square, tight, unmarked / DJ VG+: not clipped. Item #2315
ISBN: 0029078857
#02380.
Price: $18.00