This is the best general statement of the function of Art known to me. It should be read in connection with Mr. Bullough's article, quoted on p. 129, which gives the psychological basis of a similar view of the nature of art. My own theory was formulated independently, in relation to the development of the Greek theatre, but I am very glad to find that it is in substantial agreement with those of two such distinguished authorities on æsthetics. For my later conclusions on art, see _Alpha and Omega_, 1915, pp. 208-220. [CAUDWELL, C., _Illusion and Reality_, 1937.] For more advanced students: DUSSAUZE, HENRI. _Les Règles esthétiques et les lois du sentiment_, 1911. MÜLLER-FREIENFELS, R. _Psychologie der Kunst_, 1912. INDEX Abstraction, 224 Adonis, rites of, 19, 20, 54-56 ----, gardens of, 149 ----, as tree spirit, 149 Æschylus, 47 Aesthete, not artist, 214-215 Agon, 15 Anagnorisis, or recognition, 15 Anthesteria, spring festival of, 147-149 Apollo Belvedere, 171 Aristotle on art, 198 Art and beauty, 213 ---- and imitation, 230 ---- and morality, 215 ---- and nature, 198 ---- and religion, 225 ----, emotional factor in, 26 ----, social elements in, 241-248 Ascension festival, 69 Bear, Aino festival, 92-99 Beast dances, 45, 46 Beauty and art, 211 Bergson on art, 134 Birth, rites of new, 104-113 Bouphonia, 91-92 Bull-driving in spring, 85 ----, festival at Magnesia, 87 Cat's-cradle, as magical charm, 66 Censor, function of, 216 Charila, spring festival, 80 Chorus in Greek drama, 121-128 Dancing, a work, 30-31 ----, magical, 31-35 ----, commemorative, 44 Daphnephoros, 186 Death and winter, 67-72 Dikè as _way of life_, 116 Dionysis, 12, 150 Dionysis as Holy Child, 103 ---- as tree god, 102 ---- as young man, 113-115 Dithyramb, 75-89 Drama and Dromenon, 35-38 Easter, in Modern Greece, 73 Eiresione, 114 Epheboi, Athenian, 12 Euchè, meaning of, 25 Expressionists, 232 Futurists, 232 Ghosts as fertilizers, 149 Homer, influence on drama, 145-166 Horæ or seasons, 116 Idol and ideal, 227 Impressionism, 231 Imitation, 21-23 ----, ceremonies in Australia, 64 Individualism, 241 Initiation ceremonies, 64, 106-113 Jack-in-the-Green, 60, 187, 190 Kangaroos, dance of, 46 Landscape, art of, 199-201 Maeterlinck, 200 May-day at Cambridge, 57 May, queen of the, 57-61 ----, king of the, 193 Mime, meaning of, 47 Mimesis, 43-47 Music, function of, 233 New birth, 106-113 Olympian gods, 202 Orchestra, meaning of, 123-127 Osiris, rites of, 15-23, 51 Ox-hunger, 81 Panathenaia, 178 Panspermia, 148 Parthenon frieze, 176 Peisistratos, 146 Peplos of Athena, 180 Pericles on religion, 178 Personification and conception, 70-73 Plato on art, 21-23 Pleasure not joy, 213 Post-impressionists, 238 Prayer discs, 24 Presentation, meaning of, 53 Psychical distance, 129-134 Representation, 34-41 Resurrection, rites of, 100 Rites, periodicity of, 52 Ritual forms in drama, 188-189