The Science of Art

'We present a theory of human artistic experience and the natural mechanisms that mediate it. Any theory of art (or, indeed, any aspect of human nature) has to ideally have three components. (a) The logic of art: whether there are universal rules and principles; (b) The evolutionary rationale: why did these rules evolve and why do they have the form that they do; (c) What is the Brain circuitry involved?' (Ramachandran and Hirstein, 1999 p. 15)