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Milton Brener - Faces - 9780761818137 - V9780761818137
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Faces

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Description for Faces Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JM; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
This book counteracts the commonly accepted belief that the expressionless stereotypical human faces in prehistoric and ancient art are the result of a consciously chosen style. Brener introduces evidence from psychology, evolutionary biology and other disciplines that suggest that something more significant may be involved. Scientists have emphasized the innate, genetically based nature of our fascination with the human face and its almost limitless expressive capacity, all of which is represented in the art of the last six centuries. But little attention has been paid to the anomaly of the vacuous expressions of earlier facial representations. Brener attributes this change ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761818137
SKU
V9780761818137
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About Milton Brener
Milton Brener is retired and has published numerous articles and books. He lives in Jefferson, LA.

Reviews for Faces
This book reveals a new understanding of the evolution of human perception of facial expressions. It documents the overwhelming evidence for a rapid rate of human behavioural evolution difficult to explain by conventional genetic theories of evolution(the neo-Darwinian view-point) and identifies some of the more recently uncovered genetic mechanisms which might account for this evolution.
Dr. Edward J. Steele, ... Read more

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