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
Pantomimics, erotic, 233-235, 245-248;
magic, 11, 283, 284;
military, 265, 266;
narrative, 152-155;
representing work, 250-252, 257
Parnassians, 136, 137
Pathologic imitation, 79
Petroglyphs, 175, 176
Phallic amulets, 217;
rites, 284, 287
Phallocrypts, 215, 216
Pictographs, 149, 155-157, 161
Pictorial art, the, of the Bushmen, 237;
prayers, 285
Play, as connected with art, 29;
with exercise, 250, 251;
with the instincts, 27
Play-impulse, 26-28, 145, 146, 250
Please, impulse to, 24, 25
Pleasure. _See_ Feeling-tone
Political propitiation and art, 299
Portraiture, commemorative, 174, 175
Practical motives for clothing and self-decoration, 216, 224
Præsul, 257
Preliminary movements, their dynamogenic influence, 256
Pride, 46, 137, 181, 222, 268
Proportion, 117
Rain-making and rain-preventing, 283, 284
Realism and magic, 289-290
Realistic movement in literature, 117, 118
Recognition marks, 190
Religious doctrines influencing erotic art, 246
Repugnance for qualities deviating from the tribal type, 209, 210
Retroaction from sympathisers, craving for, 84
Rhetoric, primitive, 154
Rhythm, 87-91, 258-260
Salutation dances, 92
Sand paintings, the, of the Navajos, 292
Scarification, 61, 66, 67
Scars of the Australians explained by Koeler as means of
identification, 225
Science as an end in itself, 19, 20
Secondary sexual characters, 190-192;
activities, 191
Selbstzweck. _See_ Autotelic Character of Art
Self-exhibiting impulse, 25
Self-woundings, 61, 66, 67
Sentimentalism, 136, 137
Sex-distinction, marks for accentuating, 192, 209
Sexual ideal, 204, 213, 242
Social conditions influencing erotic art, 238-242;
expression, 72-85, esp. 83-85
Solidarity of suffering between members of the same family, 279
Songs, ephemeral, 159, 160;
erotic, 235, 236, 246;
exhorting to work, 254, 255, 259;
magic, 255, 256, 288, 295;
military, 267-269
Sport as end in itself, 20, 21
Storage of nutritive supply, 36, 37
Sucking cure, 285
Sun-rituals, 284
Superstitious motives for clothing, 217-219, 224
Surplus of vigour, 26, 198
Symmetry, 117
Sympathetic imitation, 59, 74-85, 154, 155;
magic. _See_ Magic
Tangi, 59
Technical medium, the, of art, 145;
perfection in art, 135, 139, 303
Technique, its influence on decorative art, 146, 147
Theatrical management and _régie_ among the Australians, 237
Theurgic rites, 284, 288
Time-sense, its high development among primitive tribes, 262
Trade-dances, 252
Traditions, primitive, preserving the memory of European visitors,
166, 167, 178
Tragedy, enjoyment of, 59
Transference of energy, 36, 37
Travels described in primitive art, 158-160, 178
Trophies, 221
Universal ideas, their importance in æsthetic systems, 130;
their place in primitive philosophy, 296
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