Denis Dutton appears in the following:
The Art Instinct
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Is taste in the arts just a social construction, or is it determined by evolution?
The Art Instinct
Friday, June 18, 2010
Denis Dutton is a professor of the philosophy of art interested in evolutionary biology. In his controversial book The Art Instinct, he argues that certain tastes in art are genetic. Dutton believes that if we examine art from around the world, we can see the marks ...
Bonus Track: More from Dutton
Friday, June 18, 2010
According to Dutton, Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" shows how our art instinct is still evolving.
The Art Instinct
Friday, November 20, 2009
Denis Dutton is a professor of the philosophy of art interested in evolutionary biology. In his controversial book The Art Instinct, he argues that certain tastes in art are genetic. Dutton believes that if we examine art from around the world, we can see the marks ...
More From Denis Dutton
Friday, November 20, 2009
According to Dutton, Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring” shows how our art instinct is still evolving.
Art and Evolution
Friday, January 23, 2009
Denis Dutton, founder and editor of the website Arts & Letters Daily, professor of the philosophy of art at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and the author of The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution (Bloomsbury Press, 2008), looks at art and aesthetics from ...
Basic Instinct
Friday, January 23, 2009
Denis Dutton, author of the new book The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution and founder and editor of Arts & Letters Daily, argues that taste in art is more about natural selection than social construction. Plus, a follow up discussion on why Proposition 8 passed.