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The Origins of Art

The Origins of Art

by Y. Hirn

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Author
Hirn, Y. (Yrjö), 1870-1952
Title
The origins of art; a psychological & sociological inquiry
Credits
Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway 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
N: Fine Arts
Subject
Art -- Philosophy
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 66869
Release Date
December 2, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes
  2. 2.THE ORIGINS OF ART
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM STATED
  6. 6.CHAPTER II THE ART-IMPULSE
  7. 7.CHAPTER III THE FEELING-TONE OF SENSATION
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE EMOTIONS
  9. 9.CHAPTER V THE ENJOYMENT OF PAIN
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI SOCIAL EXPRESSION
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII DEDUCTION OF ART-FORMS
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII ART THE RELIEVER
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE WORK OF ART
  14. 14.CHAPTER X OBJECTIONS AND ANSWERS
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE CONCRETE ORIGINS OF ART
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII ART AND INFORMATION
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII HISTORICAL ART
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV ANIMAL DISPLAY
  19. 19.CHAPTER XV ART AND SEXUAL SELECTION
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVI THE ORIGINS OF SELF-DECORATION
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVII EROTIC ART
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII ART AND WORK
  23. 23.CHAPTER XIX ART AND WAR
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX ART AND MAGIC
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI CONCLUSIONS
  26. 26.AUTHORITIES QUOTED
  27. 27.INDEX OF AUTHORS
  28. 28.INDEX OF SUBJECTS — FOOTNOTES:

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