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Wow, spandrels! - CS, you have provided me with a word that I wished existed for so many years - many thanks!
I'm going to steer clear of the spandrel explanation for the moment, since I think there is a whole other post that could look into which of our most dearly held beliefs about what it is to be human may well be described as such. But back to the question, yes, there has to be some hard-wired something that makes us appreciate these things.
Some people have suggested that it's linked to our ability to percieve pattern and, since most patterns we percieve are natural, it suggests there is some quality about those patterns that we find most exciting. -
By the way, we could even extend this from art (which most people consider as being primarily visual) to music or drama.
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