Origin of Evolutionary Aesthetics and Its Relationship with Evolutionary Aesthetic Psychology

The theory of evolution which began popular in 19th century and the results of existing evolutionary psychology research provide a powerful support to the development of aesthetic psychology. This paper briefly outlines the origin and development of aesthetic psychology; introduce the influences of evolution perspective on aesthetic psychology research. Through the comparison between evolutionary aesthetics and evolutionary aesthetic psychology in object of study, methods and problems to be solved, the authors summarize differences and similarities between these two fields.