Evolution in Art

About this eBook

Author

Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940

Title

Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs

Credits

Produced by eagkw, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Decoration and ornament, Primitive

Category

Text

eBook-No.

46079

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46079

Release Date

June 23, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EVOLUTION IN ART: AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE LIFE-HISTORIES OF DESIGNS.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.SOURCES OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
7. 7.DECORATIVE ART OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA. — I.—Torres Straits and Daudai. — II.—The Fly River. — III.—The Papuan Gulf. — Classification of Carved Patterns on Wooden Belts from the Gulf of Papua. — IV.—The Central District. — V.—The Massim District. — VI.—Relation of the Decorative Art to the Ethnology of British New Guinea. — VII.—Note on the Scroll Designs of British New Guinea.
8. 8.THE MATERIAL OF WHICH PATTERNS ARE MADE. — I.—The Decorative Transformation and Transference of Artificial Objects. — 1. Transformation of a Solitary Object. — 2. Transference of Fastenings. — 3. Skeuomorphs of Textiles. — 4. Skeuomorphic Pottery. — 5. Stone Skeuomorphs of Wooden Buildings. — 6. Skeuomorphic Inappropriateness. — II.—The Decorative Transformation Of Natural Objects. — 1. Physicomorphs. — 2. Biomorphs. — 3. Heteromorphs.
9. 9.THE REASONS FOR WHICH OBJECTS ARE DECORATED. — I. Art. — II. Information or Communication. — III. Wealth. — IV. Magic and Religion. — 1. Sympathetic Magic. — 2. Totemism. — 3. Religion. — 4. Religious Symbolism.
10. 10.THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF STUDYING DECORATIVE ART. — I. Application of Biological Deductions to Designs. — II. The Geographical Distribution of Animals and of Designs. — III. General Remarks on the Method of Study.
11. 11.EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.
12. 12.INDEX.
13. 13.FOOTNOTES:

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