George L Hersey
Author
Publisher
MIT Press
Pub. Date
©1996
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xvi, 219 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
In The Evolution of Allure this interest takes a novel turn: for the first time, Hersey brings together modern Darwinian theories of sexual selection (male competition, attractor manipulation, and the like) with art history. By channeling a general preference for normative proportions, he argues, art has shaped Western society's sexual choices and reproductive goals while also giving rise to normative body types that link physiological drives to aesthetic...