This program explores the biological basis for creativity and the human propensity for creative expression and art appreciation. The proliferation of visual art for symbolic, decorative, and narrative purposes is discussed within the context of "adult playfulness": the meaningful pursuits in which people engage when not involved in survival-related activities.
""The discovery of the three-million-year-old Makapansgat Pebble, filmed for the first time in this documentary, implies that humankind's aesthetic appreciation may have begun much earlier than generally believed. In this program, Desmond Morris explores the propensities for creative expression and art appreciation. The proliferation of visual art for symbolic, decorative, and narrative purposes is discussed with the context of 'adult playfulness' : the meaningful pursuits in which people engage when not involved in survival-related activities."--Container."
"Tracking the spirit of human imagination, Desmond Morris discusses in an evolutionary sense where human creative impulses come from."
"This program explores the biological basis for creativity and the human propensity for creative expression and art appreciation. The proliferation of visual art for symbolic, decorative, and narrative purposes is discussed within the context of "adult playfulness": the meaningful pursuits in which people engage when not involved in survival-related activities."
"This program explores the biological basis for creativity and the human propensity for creative expression and art appreciation. The proliferation of visual art for symbolic, decorative, and narrative purposes is discussed within the context of "adult playfulness": the meaningful pursuits in which people engage when not involved in survival-related activities."@en
"The discovery of the three-million-year-old Makapansgat Pebble, filmed for the first time in this documentary, implies that humankind's aesthetic appreciation may have begun much earlier than generally believed. In this program, Desmond Morris explores the propensities for creative expression and art appreciation. The proliferation of visual art for symbolic, decorative, and narrative purposes is discussed within the context of "adult playfulness": the meaningful pursuits in which people engage when not involved in survival-related activities."
British Broadcasting Corporation. Natural History Unit.
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