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why is architecture a good model for thinking about primitive art?
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because function or utility is the primary purpose and decoration secondary.
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what example does gombrich give which shows that we stll retain remnants of superstition regarding an image?
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the reluctance that we would have to push a pin though the eyes of an image of someone important to us
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where were famous ice age cave paintings discovered in two european counties and when
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In the 19th century at Altamira-spain and Lascaux-france
lassoo old mira (osrin) |
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what is the most important test of primitive art?
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does it work? ie. do magic for example
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how is a xmas tree a good parrallell
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its form is set by custom but its beauty is determined by individual skill of execution.
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what does do ships in bottles illustrate?
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that skill and difficulty of execution do not make art
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why does primitive ""art"" aften look strange-eg totems and masks
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because they communicate ideas that are lost to us and we cant understand-like a language that we cant understand
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what would be a better designation of much primitive art than ""art"
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a language that we dont understand
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