The origins of art; a psychological & sociological inquiryHirn, Y. (Yrjö)
Philosophy
The origins of art; a psychological & sociological inquiry
Hirn, Y. (Yrjö)
Aesthetics; Art -- Philosophy; Art, Primitive
Dances, choral, 262;
common to both sexes or separate, 230, 231;
connected with sexual selection, 233-235;
with war, 266, 267;
with work, 251, 253, 254
Dance-pantomimes, obscene, 233, 245
Dancing girdles, 215
Deaf-mutes, their language, 151, 155
Death and resurrection represented in primitive drama, 182-184
Decoration, bodily, subserving a commemorative purpose, 223;
used as a means of frightening, 272;
as a means of individual and tribal identification, 225-227;
as magical protection, 218, 224;
denotes civic majority, 220;
executed in order to protect the skin, 224;
denoting rank or wealth, 222
Decorative art, the, of military tribes, 277
Demon-shields of the Dyaks, 272-274
Dignity, 116
Dionysiac state, the, 64, 65, 105, 109, 112, 113
Dionysos, god of art and music, 110
Disinterestedness, the, of artistic activity. _See_ Autotelic
Character of Art
Drama, the earliest of imitative arts, 149, 150
Dramatic element, the, of art, 95-98
“Einhaltsstreben,” 150
Emanations, magic theory of, 281, 293
Emotional element, the, in art, 137-139, 303
Emotions, the psychology of, 42-55;
connection between emotions and movement-sensations, 44-47
Enjoyment of pain, 55, 56-71
Enlistment, dances of, 266
Ephemeral character of primitive art, 161
Epic element, the, in art, 98, 99
Epidemics, mental, 69, 81
Erotic art, 238-248;
dearth of information on, 229, 244;
spurious instances of, 245
gestures and pantomimes used as expressions of joy, 243, 244
pantomimes and dances performed with a moral intention, 247, 248
poems, 235, 236, 246
propitiation, 234-236
Etiological myths, 171, 172
Euhemerism, 168, 169
Europeans as subjects of primitive art, 160, 166, 167, 178
Experimentation, plays of, 145
Expression of feeling, 41, 42, 47-54;
primary and secondary forms of expression, 42, 47, 52, 68, 69, 199;
expression as a mythogenic factor, 93, 94
“Expressive qualities,” the, of nature, 98
Extempore design, 156, 161
“Faculté maîtresse,” 118-120, 126
Fandango, apologue concerning the, 89
Fascination, 103
Fear, 52, 54, 103
Feeling-tone of sensation, 30-42;
experiments on sensation, feeling and movement, 31;
dynamic conditions of feeling, 32-35;
static conditions of feeling, 35;
association between pleasure and movement, 33;
pains of restriction, 38;
pain as motor incitement, 40, 66, 253;
relative character of pleasure and pain, 56, 57;
acquired pleasure-gettings, 57;
the philosophical importance of pain, 63, 64
Festal development of art, 111
“Foreign” purposes, the, in art, 10-12, 15-17, 127, 147, 148, 301,
304-306
Form and content, 139
French and English art, difference between, 131
Funeral ceremonies and art, 300
dances of obscene character, 217
Garrick, the contagious power of his acting, 96
Gesture-language, 151-154
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