Is Artistic Talent Really Just A Way To Get Babes?
In his book The Art Instinct, Denis Dutton "argues that our desire for beauty is firmly grounded in evolution, a side effect of the struggle to survive and reproduce. In this sense, a cubist painting by Picasso is no more mysterious than the allure of a Playboy centerfold: Both are works of culture that attempt to sate a biological drive." Washington Post 01/11/09

Posted January 14, 2009 06:45 AM