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
[280] Beccari, “Le capanne dell’ Amblyornis inornata,” in _Annali del
museo civico di storia naturale di Genova_, ix. pp. 382-391.
[281] Darwin, _The Descent of Man_, ii. p. 77.
[282] Cf. especially the dresses of _Homophania insectivora_,
_Petasophora cyanotis_, and _Steganura underwoodi_, as depicted in
Mulsant, _Hist. nat. des oiseaux-mouches_, Pl. 62, 91a, 110.
[283] Binet, _Le fétichisme dans l’amour_, etc., pp. 257 _sq._
(_L’intensité des images mentales_).
[284] Groos, _The Play of Animals_, pp. 243, 283; cf. also Hellwald,
_Die menschliche Familie_, pp. 14-16; Van Ende, _Hist. nat. de la
croyance_, I. _L’animal_, p. 238.
[285] Darwin, _The Descent of Man_, ii. pp. 106, 107.
[286] Wallace, _Darwinism_, pp. 284, 287, 292, 294.
[287] Spencer, _Essays_, ii. pp. 427, 430, 431. Some of the arguments
of Spencer had been adduced by Barrington in his polemic against
Buffon. Cf. _Philosophical Transactions_, 1773, pp. 262, 263
(Experiments on the singing of birds).
[288] Hudson, _The Naturalist in La Plata_, pp. 280 _sq._
[289] A more detailed account of this question has been given in the
author’s _Förstudier till en konstfilosofi_, pp. 29, 30.
[290] Espinas, _Des sociétés animales_, p. 328.
[291] For experiments proving the invigorating effects of
colour-impression upon the animal organism, particularly upon insects,
see Féré, _Pathology of Emotions_, p. 23.
[292] Brehm, _Thierleben_, iv. p. 20; cf. also Schneider, _Der
thierische Wille_, p. 172; Espinas, _l.c._ p. 286; Groos, _The Play of
Animals_, pp. 242-244.
[293] Groos, _l.c._ p. 242.
[294] Groos, _The Play of Animals_, pp. 244, 245; _Die Spiele der
Menschen_, pp. 329-340.
[295] Darwin, _The Descent of Man_, ii. pp. 18, 94, 110, 137.
[296] _Ibid._ ii. p. 251. When advocating the Darwinian theory of
sexual selection, Professor Poulton seems to use the notion “æsthetic
appreciation” in this wide sense. Cf. _Colours of Animals_, p. 286.
[297] Cf. Darwin, _The Descent of Man_, ii. pp. 67, 74.
[298] _Ibid._ ii. p. 67.
[299] Nilsson, _Foglarna_, ii. p. 185.
[300] _Ibid._ ii. p. 8; i. p. 509.
[301] Westermarck, _Human Marriage_, pp. 200, 201, 212.
[302] _Ibid._ pp. 196, 198.
[303] Schurtz, _Grundzüge einer Philosophie der Tracht_, pp. 21, 57,
77, 80.
[304] As regards these various means of “embellishment” see the
collection of instances in Magitot, “Les mutilations ethniques,” in
_Congrès d’anthropologie_, 1880.
[305] Cf. Westermarck, _Human Marriage_, pp. 265, 266; Lippert,
_Kulturgeschichte_, i. pp. 368, 369.
[306] Cf. Brinton, _Races and Peoples_, p. 43.
[307] Ahlqvist, _Muistelmia_, p. 11.
[308] Humboldt, _Travels_, iii. p. 236; cf. Joest, _Tätowiren_, pp. 14,
15; Brinton, _Races and Peoples_, p. 42.
[309] Westermarck, _Human Marriage_, p. 263; Lippert,
_Kulturgeschichte_, i. pp. 402-405.
[310] Cf. Westermarck, _Human Marriage_, pp. 195, 200, 201.
[311] Westermarck, _l.c._ pp. 196-198; cf. also Finsch, _Ethnologische
Erfahrungen_, p. 44 (New Zealand).
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