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- Title What Is Art For?
- Author Ellen Dissanayake
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprinted editio
- Pages 275
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Washington Press, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
- Date 1990-06-01
- ISBN 9780295970172 / 0295970170
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9.01 x 5.93 x 0.74 in (22.89 x 15.06 x 1.88 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Art appreciation, Behavior evolution
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89031648
- Dewey Decimal Code 701.15
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