The origin of artistic 500-word articles

Legend has it that the earliest riddle in Europe was the "Sphinx riddle" in ancient Greece, which was later solved by Oedipus. The origin of art has always been called the "sphinx mystery" in academic circles. Philosophers, artists, and art theorists are all striving to become the "Oedipus" who gets to the bottom of the mystery. There are different opinions about the answer to this "mystery of the Sphinx". There are probably: representative theory, symbolic theory, expression theory, labor theory, game theory, witchcraft theory, totem theory, subconscious theory, religious theory, sexual instinct theory and so on. Among them, representative theory, labor theory, game theory and witchcraft theory are the most important. Representative theory: Representative theory was put forward by democritus in ancient Greece in his book Incomplete Works a long time ago. This seems to be the oldest of all kinds of theories. After that, the philosopher Aristotle further put forward the conclusion that imitation is human instinct. Observing some murals in primitive society, we can also see the initial imitation of human beings to the natural environment. Imitation is the basic method of the most primitive artistic creation. However, in the harsh natural environment of primitive society, people's food and clothing have become a problem, so how can there be an impulse to just imitate? After all, this is somewhat inconsistent with reality. So at best, we can only say that imitation is a method, not the real origin of art. The meaning of "labor theory" mainly means that art comes from labor. Labor is an indispensable factor for human beings to evolve from apes. Without labor, human beings can't break away from the ranks of lower animals, and labor is also a necessary condition to exercise the development of human brain. The original art was also produced in the process of labor, because it may be a trace that people drew carelessly in the process of labor. It is not difficult to find out from the works of art in primitive society that most of them are related to labor, some are imitations of labor objects, and some are descriptions of labor scenes. For example, the murals in Lascaux Cave in France and altamira Cave in Spain both depict vivid pictures of wild animals and human hunting. Game theory is also called "Schiller-Spencer theory" because it was first put forward by German aesthetician Schiller and then further improved by Spencer. Game theory mainly puts forward that artistic activities originated from human games. It thinks that artistic activities are a kind of domination and utilization of excess energy, and it thinks that art is the expression of human excess energy venting. Of course, human beings will pursue spiritual enjoyment after material satisfaction, so there will be games. In primitive society, the conditions were very bad, and leisure activities at that time were almost zero, so people had to rely on walls to smear and smear what they usually saw, so there was art. Witchcraft theory: Witchcraft theory was first put forward by Taylor in Britain. Human beings in primitive society are subject to nature and have a mysterious yearning and fear for the power of nature. All the necessities for their survival come from nature, and the disasters and changes of nature have confirmed the existence of God for them. They fear, rely on and trust the God of nature. Therefore, there are witchcraft activities, and people always make sacrifices before hunting and pray for the success of hunting. Observing the works of art in primitive society, we can easily find that those murals are always in the deepest and darkest places of caves, and most of the beasts on the murals are injured. It can be said that it is a description of the labor scene, but it is more convincing to say that it reflects people's good wishes for a bumper harvest. Because it was difficult to kill a beast with human strength at that time, people hoped to do harm to the beast in the painting in order to achieve the goal of successful hunting in real life. Witchcraft has promoted the emergence and further development of art, but it is not the same as art. There are many theories about the origin of art, each of which has its defects and advantages. We can't understand it alone. The origin of art is the sum of many factors, an evolutionary process, a complex and mysterious process.