Download or read book Monkey Painting written by Thierry Lenain and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Towards the end of the 1950s biologists, investigating the question of how art originated, came up with the idea of getting monkeys to paint pictures. Drawing on a large body of historical and scientific evidence, this fascinating book sets out a new interpretation of quasi-artistic behavior in monkeys, showing that there may be a fine line between it and 'true' art. " Lenain] cannot help let slip an infectious fascination with our primate cousins ... he] succeeds in making his book unputdownable" The London Magazine"