Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Birkhäuser

Beauty and the Brain

Biological Aspects of Aesthetics

  • Book
  • © 1988

Overview

Editors:
  1. Ingo Rentschler
    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Barbara Herzberger
    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  3. David Epstein
    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Ingo Rentschler, Barbara Herzberger, David Epstein
      Pages 9-11

  3. Aesthetics — Personal or Universal?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Philosophical Theories of Beauty and Scientific Research on the Brain

      • Gregor Paul
      Pages 15-27

    3. The Biological Foundation of Aesthetics

      • Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt
      Pages 29-68

  4. Three Enduring Pleasures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Metered Poetry, the Brain, and Time

      • Frederick Turner, Ernst Pöppel
      Pages 71-90

    3. Tempo Relations in Music: A Universal?

      • David Epstein
      Pages 91-116

    4. Dance, the Fugitive Form of Art Aesthetics as Behavior

      • Walter Siegfried
      Pages 117-145

  5. The Eye of the Beholder

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Biological Aspects of Color Naming

      • Heinrich Zollinger
      Pages 149-164

    3. Physiological Constraints on the Visual Aesthetic Response

      • Günter Baumgartner
      Pages 165-180

    4. Focusing in on Art

      • Ingo Rentschler, Terry Caelli, Lamberto Maffei
      Pages 181-216

  6. Two Brains — One Mind?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Cerebral Asymmetry and Aesthetic Experience

      • Jerre Levy
      Pages 219-242

    3. Beauty May Differ in Each Half of the Eye of the Beholder

      • Marianne Regard, Theodor Landis
      Pages 243-256

    4. Cerebral Lateralization and Some Implications for Art, Aesthetic Perception, and Artistic Creativity

      • Otto-Joachim Grüsser, Thomas Selke, Barbara Zynda
      Pages 257-293

  7. The Essence and the Appearance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 295-295
      Download chapter PDF

    2. The Aesthetic Significance of Display Some Examples from Papua New Guinea

      • Andrew Strathern
      Pages 297-314

    3. Aesthetics and Cuisine: Mind over Matter

      • Elisabeth Rozin
      Pages 315-325
Back to top

Keywords

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beauty and the Brain

  • Book Subtitle: Biological Aspects of Aesthetics

  • Editors: Ingo Rentschler, Barbara Herzberger, David Epstein

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6350-6

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-1924-3Published: 01 January 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-6350-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 332

  • Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Ontology

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation