INDEX OF SUBJECTS
- Acquired pleasure-gettings, 57
- Acting, psychology of, 52, 53
- Activity and feeling, 32-35;
- activity involved in dolce far niente, 37
- Æsthetic, its position as a science, 1, 2, 4, 5;
- its development 1-3;
- its methods, 5, 6
- feelings, 141
- judgment, presupposing some degree of intellectual and moral development, 188
- of the hen, 187;
- its development in apparent conflict with natural selection, 189
- Agricultural rites, 287
- Anæsthesia and self-woundings, 61-65
- Ancestor worship, 175
- Anger, 47, 48, 54, 62
- Animal display, 186-202
- Animating idols, means of, 291
- Aphasia, 151
- Apolline serenity versus Dionysiac rapture, 105
- Architecture, the, of the Dyaks, 274;
- of the Maoris, 275
- Art, as explained by supernatural causes, 12;
- as excitement and sedative, 70, 71;
- as connected with sexual selection, 203-213;
- its higher and lower forms, 140
- the, of animals, 202
- the reliever, 102-110
- Art-impulse, the, 15, 18-29, 84, 85, 100, 101, 303;
- a racial possession of mankind, 21, 22;
- intellectualistic definitions, 23
- Art-sense, the conditions of its development, 141, 142
- Artistic intuition, 125
- Association between pleasure and activity, 33
- Attract by pleasing, impulse to, 24, 25, 186, 187, 214, 215, 233 sq.
- “Attractive” qualities of the work of art, 99
- Autotelic activities outside the department of art, 19, 20;
- character of art, 7-15, 88, 304
- “Balls on sockets,” 193
- Bird-shaped amulets, 287
- Boasting adornments, 222
- Boating-songs and dances, 259, 260
- Brilliancy, the physiological effects created by, 194-197
- Choral dances, 261
- Chorus, the, in the ancient drama, 94
- Classification of instances of erotic art, 231-238
- Clothing, the origin of, 204-206, 215-220
- Cognitio sensitiva, 2
- Collective feeling, 81, 82
- psychology, 74-85
- Consciousness of self, 62-64
- Contempt, expression of, its importance in primitive tactics, 268, 269
- Couvade, 280
- Coyness of the female, 197, 198
- Creation, artistic, involved in artistic enjoyment, 18, 19
- Criterion of art, the, 7 sq.
- Crying feasts and ceremonial wailings, 59
- Cure, medical, of restoring people by pulling them through a narrow opening, 285, 286
- Dance, 87, 89, 92, 230
- Dances, choral, 262;
- common to both sexes or separate, 230, 231;
- connected with sexual selection, 233-235;
- with war, 266, 267;
- with work, 251, 253, 254
- Dance-pantomimes, obscene, 233, 245
- Dancing girdles, 215
- Deaf-mutes, their language, 151, 155
- Death and resurrection represented in primitive drama, 182-184
- Decoration, bodily, subserving a commemorative purpose, 223;
- used as a means of frightening, 272;
- as a means of individual and tribal identification, 225-227;
- as magical protection, 218, 224;
- denotes civic majority, 220;
- executed in order to protect the skin, 224;
- denoting rank or wealth, 222
- Decorative art, the, of military tribes, 277
- Demon-shields of the Dyaks, 272-274
- Dignity, 116
- Dionysiac state, the, 64, 65, 105, 109, 112, 113
- Dionysos, god of art and music, 110
- Disinterestedness, the, of artistic activity. See Autotelic Character of Art
- Drama, the earliest of imitative arts, 149, 150
- Dramatic element, the, of art, 95-98
- “Einhaltsstreben,” 150
- Emanations, magic theory of, 281, 293
- Emotional element, the, in art, 137-139, 303
- Emotions, the psychology of, 42-55;
- connection between emotions and movement-sensations, 44-47
- Enjoyment of pain, 55, 56-71
- Enlistment, dances of, 266
- Ephemeral character of primitive art, 161
- Epic element, the, in art, 98, 99
- Epidemics, mental, 69, 81
- Erotic art, 238-248;
- dearth of information on, 229, 244;
- spurious instances of, 245
- gestures and pantomimes used as expressions of joy, 243, 244
- pantomimes and dances performed with a moral intention, 247, 248
- poems, 235, 236, 246
- propitiation, 234-236
- Etiological myths, 171, 172
- Euhemerism, 168, 169
- Europeans as subjects of primitive art, 160, 166, 167, 178
- Experimentation, plays of, 145
- Expression of feeling, 41, 42, 47-54;
- primary and secondary forms of expression, 42, 47, 52, 68, 69, 199;
- expression as a mythogenic factor, 93, 94
- “Expressive qualities,” the, of nature, 98
- Extempore design, 156, 161
- “Faculté maîtresse,” 118-120, 126
- Fandango, apologue concerning the, 89
- Fascination, 103
- Fear, 52, 54, 103
- Feeling-tone of sensation, 30-42;
- experiments on sensation, feeling and movement, 31;
- dynamic conditions of feeling, 32-35;
- static conditions of feeling, 35;
- association between pleasure and movement, 33;
- pains of restriction, 38;
- pain as motor incitement, 40, 66, 253;
- relative character of pleasure and pain, 56, 57;
- acquired pleasure-gettings, 57;
- the philosophical importance of pain, 63, 64
- Festal development of art, 111
- “Foreign” purposes, the, in art, 10-12, 15-17, 127, 147, 148, 301, 304-306
- Form and content, 139
- French and English art, difference between, 131
- Funeral ceremonies and art, 300
- dances of obscene character, 217
- Garrick, the contagious power of his acting, 96
- Gesture-language, 151-154
- Gracefulness, 116, 275, 276
- Grief, 50
- Grimacing, its importance for primitive tactics, 270
- “Gymnastic” dances, 92
- “Happiness” of the unconscious, 69, 70
- Higher and lower forms of art, distinction between, 140
- Historical art, 164-182, 223
- and psychological methods, distinction between, 16, 112, 148, 301
- poems used in magical ceremonies, 173
- History born of pride, 181
- Histrionic factor in literature, 96;
- in formative arts, 96, 97
- “Homo sapiens ferus,” 151
- Humiliation, 46, 50
- Hunting and fishing rites, 285, 287
- Idea, the, its place in German-æsthetic systems, 23, 118
- Ideal of beauty, the, and sexual selection, 202, 213, 241, 242
- Idealistic schools of art, 132
- Idols, 174, 288, 291
- “Illusions particulières” versus essential qualities, 128, 129
- Imitation, impulse to, 24;
- connected with the instincts, 75
- sympathetic, 59, 74-85, 96
- See Internal Imitation, Pathologic Imitation
- Impregnation by wind, rain, or sunshine, 219
- Indispensability of accustomed sensations, 58
- In effigie sentences, 287
- Information and art, 149-163, 184, 185
- Instantaneous muscular exertion, power of, 252, 253
- Insular life, its influence on art, 259
- Intellectual elements of the artistic activity;
- their influence on the mental state of the artist, 102-107
- Invention in primitive art, 160, 161
- Jakalele dance in Ceram, 266, 267
- Joy, 48;
- distinguished from the sense of comic, 48, 49;
- pantomimic expression of, 92-94, 244
- “Kina” (Fuegian drama), 165
- Limited amount of energy, 36, 37
- Lustre. See Brilliancy
- Luxury of sentimental sorrow, 51.
- See also Enjoyment of Pain
- Lyre and flute, allegory of, 107
- Maenads, 65, 108-110, 112
- Magic and art, 278-297
- two classes of, 278, 279;
- by connection, 279-282, 291-294;
- by likeness, 282-290;
- expedients for acquiring courage in war, 265;
- power of the obscene, 217;
- pantomimes, 11;
- songs, 288, 295
- Masses, psychology of. See Collective Psychology
- Means of attraction, 203-213
- Medical rites, 284, 287
- Military dances, 265, 266;
- used as salutation, 92, 93;
- performed before female spectators, 229
- dresses and uniforms, 270;
- ensigns, 271;
- signals, 263
- Modesty and clothing, 216-218
- Moko tattooing used as a means of identification, 175, 225
- Moods of sadness deliberately enhanced, 51
- Moral influence of art, 108
- Movement-perception, the dynamogenic influence of, 257
- Music, 87
- Narrative art, its simplest forms, 157-161
- Novelty, predilection for, 208
- “Opisthotonos,” 109
- Ornament, concealed meaning of, 10
- and mimetic transmission of feeling, 98
- and rhythm, 91
- Ornaments, the, of the Dyaks, 272-274;
- of the Maoris, 275, 276
- Pain, pantomimic expression of, 39, 40, 93, 94. See also Feeling-tone
- 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
- 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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