Cognitively human minds produced a list of behavioral singularities that indicate a discontinuity between them and all other living things. This fact gives rise to questions such as: How did the artful mind emerge? How did the artful mind emerge? This work brings a range of perspectives on the relationship between art, the mind, and the brain. Cognitively human minds produced a list of behavioral singularities that indicate a discontinuity between them and all other living things. This fact gives rise to questions such as: How did the artful mind emerge? How did the artful mind emerge? This work brings a range of perspectives on the relationship between art, the mind, and the brain. Contributors, ix Prologue, xv PART I Art and Evolution 1. Art and Cognitive Evolution, 3(18) Merlin Donald 2. The Aesthetic Faculty, 21(36) Terrence Deacon PART II Art and Emotion 3. A Cognitive Account of Aesthetics, 57(16) Francis Steen 4. Composition and Emotion, 73(20) David Freedberg PART III Art and the Way We Think 5. The Art of Compression, 93(22) Mark Turner 6. The Cognitive Tango, 115(18) Lawrence M. Zbikowski 7. Dynamics of Completion, 133(20) Shirley Brice Heath PART IV Art, Meaning, and Form 8. The Neuroscience of Form in Art, 153(18) George Lakoff 9. Form and Meaning in Art, 171(18) Per Aage Brandt 10. Slippages of Meaning and Form, 189(22) Stephen Murray PART V Art and Sacred Belief 11. Making Relics Work, 211(14) Robert A. Scott 12. Architectural Space as Metaphor in the Greek Sanctuary, 225(17) Gloria Ferrari PART VI Art and Ambiguity 13. The Neurology of Ambiguity, 242(29) Semir Zeki 14. Mastering Ambiguity, 271(34) Marc De Mey Epilogue, 305(2) Index, 307