LEADER 05040nam 22006375 450 001 9910357833103321 005 20200701021716.0 010 $a9783030323332$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a3030323331$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a3-030-32333-1 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-32333-2 035 $a(OCoLC)1129158468 035 $a(CKB)4100000009938047 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5983868 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-32333-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009938047 100 $a20191122d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aUnderstanding the Beauty Appreciation Trait $eEmpirical Research on Seeking Beauty in All Things /$fby Rhett Diessner 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 265 pages) $cillustrations (some color) 311 $a3-030-32332-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $a1. Introduction: Why Beauty? -- Part I: Foundations -- 2. Brainiac Beauty: Philosophers and Beauty?What Some Philosophers Have to Say About Beauty That Is Relevant to Empirical Aesthetics (Or Possibly Just Interesting) -- 3. Beauty Becomes: Evolving Beauty -- 4. The Brain on Beauty: Neuroaesthetics -- Part II: Domains of Beauty -- 5. Noticing Nature's Beauty: The Trait of Engagement with Natural Beauty -- 6. Always Appreciative of Art's Beauty: The Trait of Engagement with Artistic Beauty -- 7. Magnificent Moral Beauty: The Trait of Engagement with Moral Beauty -- Part III: Human Development and Beauty -- 8. Beauty and the Be(a)st: Aesthetics and Pedagogy -- 9. Bountiful Beauty: Increasing Appreciation of Beauty. 330 $a"Brilliant, insightful, enjoyable, and inspirational. Rhett provides a remarkable analysis of appreciation of beauty that is both accurate and approachable. A pleasure to read!" ?María Luisa Martínez-Martí, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain ?In his book, Rhett Diessner presents a challenging perspective of theories and empirical evidences in the growing field of the psychological trait of aesthetic appreciation, or engagement with beauty, as he fine-tunes the term. Alongside the array of the newest scientific results the author unfolds his own aesthetic experience, sharing with us his thrilling and contagious sense of engagement with different kinds of beauty: natural, artistic, moral, and beauty of ideas.? ?Pavel Sabadosh, Research Scientist, Laboratory of Psychology of Abilities and Mental Resources, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia ?Rhett Diessner takes the reader on a fascinating journey through centuries and cultures, through scientific and artistic disciplines, through religion, philosophy and literature, to show why Beauty is ?so profound, so deep, so meaningful? and ?makes life worth living?. A unique combination of deep knowledge, empirical findings, anecdotes, and featured pieces of music that allows for lived-beauty while reading about beauty!" ?Angelika Guesewell Schaub is Director of Research at the Haute Ecole de Musique Vaud Valais Fribourg (HEMU), University of Applied Sciences HES-SO, Switzerland This book takes the reader on a grand tour of the empirical research concerning the personality trait of appreciation of beauty. It particularly focuses on engagement with natural beauty, engagement with artistic beauty, and engagement with moral beauty. The book addresses philosophers? thoughts about beauty, especially the special emphasis on the intimate relationship between love and beauty; appreciation of beauty from an evolutionary standpoint; and the emerging science of neuroaesthetics. The book concludes with a consideration of beauty and pedagogy/andragogy, as well as methodologies to increase appreciation of beauty. 606 $aPositive psychology 606 $aArts 606 $aPersonality 606 $aSocial psychology 606 $aPositive Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y44000 606 $aArts$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/416000 606 $aPersonality and Social Psychology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Y20050 615 0$aPositive psychology. 615 0$aArts. 615 0$aPersonality. 615 0$aSocial psychology. 615 14$aPositive Psychology. 615 24$aArts. 615 24$aPersonality and Social Psychology. 676 $a111.85 676 $a111.85019 700 $aDiessner$b Rhett$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01040018 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bLQU 801 2$bGW5XE 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910357833103321 996 $aUnderstanding the Beauty Appreciation Trait$92462581 997 $aUNINA