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
Vehicles of emotional transmission, 120-124
Vital sensation and pain, 60-65
Volts, 286
War, its social influence, 261;
its influence on art, 261-277;
on plastic beauty, 276;
on decorative art, 275-277;
a prominent subject in history and narrative art, 178-180;
the need of stimulation for, 263
Werther, 104, 105
Witches, Bacchantes, and hysteric patients, 109
Wordless tribes, stories about, 152
Work, stimulation to, 252-257;
regulation of, 88, 257-260;
and art, 12, 88, 249-260
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] _Förstudier till en konstfilosofi_, Helsingfors, 1896. A summary
in German of this book can be read in _Zeitschrift für Psychologie und
Physiologie der Sinnesorgane_, Bd. xvi. pp. 233-235.
[2] Baumgarten, _Aesthetica_, pp. 1, 3, 6 _sq._
[3] Bosanquet, _History of Æsthetic_, pp. 173, 187.
[4] Cf. _e.g._ Hanslick, _Vom musikalisch Schönen_, p. 3.
[5] Kant, _Kritik der Urtheilskraft_, p. 147, to be compared with
Kant’s chapters on beauty.
[6] Schiller, _Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen_, _passim_.
[7] Spencer, _Principles of Psychology_, ii. pp. 628, 632. Cf. also the
extracts from a letter written by Mr. Spencer to M. Guyau, quoted in
_Les problèmes de l’esthétique contemporaine_, p. 18.
[8] Hennequin, _La critique scientifique_, pp. 26-28.
[9] Grosse, _Die Anfänge der Kunst_, pp. 46, 47.
[10] Grant Allen, _Physiological Æsthetics_, pp. 32, 33.
[11] Cf. Kant, _l.c._ p. 66.
[12] Guyau, _Les problèmes de l’esthétique contemporaine_, livre i.
[13] Cf. Stolpe, _Utvecklingsföreteelser i naturfolkens ornamentik_,
i.-ii. in Ymer, 1890-1891. An English translation by Mrs. H. C. March
is published in _Transactions of the Rochdale Literary and Scientific
Society_, 1891. Read, “On the Origin, etc., of Certain Ornaments of
the S. E. Pacific,” in _Journ. Anthr. Inst._ xxi. Cf. also March,
“Polynesian Ornament, a Mythography,” in _Journ. Anthr. Inst._ xxii.
[14] Catlin, _Illustrations_, etc., i. pp. 127, 128, Mandan buffalo
dance. A similar dance among the Iroquois has been described by Morgan
(_Iroquois_, p. 287), who does not, however, speak of any magical
purpose. Although somewhat differently explained by Catlin, the Sioux
bear dance (_l.c._ i. p. 245) is no doubt as magical in its intention
as the buffalo dance. The same interpretation holds good also, we
believe, with regard to the gorilla dance of the Negroes (Reade,
_Savage Africa_, pp. 195, 196) and the hunting pantomimics of the
Koossa Kaffirs (Lichtenstein, _Travels_, i. p. 269).
[15] Wallace, _Darwinism_, pp. 467, 468.
[16] For a direct opposition to Mr. Wallace’s views on this point
see Wallaschek, _Primitive Music_, pp. 278, 279. Cf. also Ritchie,
_Darwinism and Politics_, pp. 110-114.
[17] Cf. Guyau, _Les problèmes de l’esthétique contemporaine_, pp. 15,
24.
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