Beyond Aesthetics: Investigations into the Nature of Visual Art

by Don Brothwell

Collects essays revealing that art and the artist are open to meaningful scientific study

212 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1976

About the author

Recognized for his work in both human and animal paleopathology, Don Brothwell has interests in the broad field of the archaeological sciences, but particularly in human palaeoecology (which includes environmental archaeology). Currently based at the University of York in York, England, he is still active in the field despite his retirement and current research projects include an investigation of Mummies in the Yemen (with Stephen Buckley).