The Evolution of Allure: Sexual Selection from the Medici Venus to the Incredible Hulk - Tapa dura

-- Anne Hollander, author of "Sex & Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress" (1995) " Hersey is exploring the ways that life imitates art, a subject which has been thought about by many observers of both; but here with an additional application of the theory of sexual selection. This book is written with an immense relish that adds strong literary persuasion to its already persuasive argument." -- Anne Hollander, author of "Sex & Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress" (1995) & quot; Hersey is exploring the ways that life imitates art, a subject which has been thought about by many observers of both; but here with an additional application of the theory of sexual selection. This book is written with an immense relish that adds strong literary persuasion to its already persuasive argument.& quot; -- Anne Hollander, author of Sex & Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress (1995) "Hersey is exploring the ways that life imitates art, a subject which has been thought about by many observers of both; but here with an additional application of the theory of sexual selection. This book is written with an immense relish that adds strong literary persuasion to its already persuasive argument."--Anne Hollander, author of "Sex & Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress" (1995)

This work brings modern Darwinian theories to the history of art. It argues that Western art has channeled mate choice by exploiting the ornaments that showcase the body, and that the formulas set forth by Polykleitos have established a canon of human gestures and proportions.