| #769900 in Books | Reaktion Books | 1997-08-01 | Original language:French | PDF # 1 | .81 x8.47 x6.42l,1.28 | File type: PDF | 208 pages | ||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| As Advertised|By R. Emmet Sweeney|I desired a publication that depicted monkeys painting, and this excellent book delivered. There's not much more that can be said. Monkey Painting contains monkeys painting. And that makes for happiness.|About the Author|Thierry Lenain is senior lecturer in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Towards the end of the 1950s biologists, investigating the question of how art originated, came up with the idea of getting monkeys to paint pictures. Drawing on a large body of historical and scientific evidence, this fascinating book sets out a new interpretation of quasi-artistic behavior in monkeys, showing that there may be a fine line between it and 'true' art.
"[Lenain] cannot help let slip an infectious fascination with our primate cousins ... [he] su...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Monkey Painting | Thierry Lenain.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
