Homo Aestheticus
by Dissanayake, Ellen
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Book VG+: faint foxing to endpapers, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: not clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0029078857
- ISBN 13
- 9780029078853
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Free Press, 1992. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: faint foxing to endpapers, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ VG+: not clipped. 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." #02380.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2315
- Title
- Homo Aestheticus
- Author
- Dissanayake, Ellen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: faint foxing to endpapers, else clean, square, tight, unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- DJ VG+: not clipped
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0029078857
- ISBN 13
- 9780029078853
- Publisher
- The Free Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- aesthetics, anthropology, philosophy, history, nonfiction, first edition, art
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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