Articles of ‘Denis Dutton’

The Nets With Which We Try To Capture Art And Beauty

The Nets With Which We Try To Capture Art And Beauty

By John Valentine
Let me begin by confessing considerable agnosticism about the essence and/or definition of art and beauty. I shall not attempt to deal with that issue in this essay. Rather, I want to look at some of the nets or narrative stories about art and beauty experiences that some scientists and some [...]