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Monkey Painting

Monkey Painting

Revised and expanded Edition

Hardback (01 May 1997)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Towards the end of the 1950s biologists, investigating the question of how art originated, came up with the idea of getting monkeys to paint pictures. Drawing on a large body of historical and scientific evidence, this fascinating book sets out a new interpretation of quasi-artistic behavior in monkeys, showing that there may be a fine line between it and 'true' art.

"[Lenain] cannot help let slip an infectious fascination with our primate cousins ... [he] succeeds in making his book unputdownable"-The London Magazine

About the Publisher

Reaktion Books

Reaktion originally focused on the fields of art, architecture and design - its first book was Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer by Yves Abrioux. In recent years Reaktion's list has broadened substantially, and now also encompasses animal studies, Asian art and culture, biography, cultural studies, current events, fashion, film, food history, geography, general history, music, philosophy, photography, politics, sports history and travel writing. Reaktion now produces around 80 new titles each year, and has about 600 titles in print.

Book information

ISBN: 9781861890030
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Pub date:
Edition: Revised and expanded Edition
DEWEY: 750.19
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 207
Weight: 580g
Height: 215mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 21mm