1.Paleoanthrosychobiological is a term coined by the author Dissanayake in her article for the purpose to describe her views of art. This term indicates that art is related to human history, cultures and psychology in a very broad way. That is to say art is a universal need for all human beings just “as normal and natural as language, sex, sociability, aggression, or any of the other characteristics of human nature”(Dissanayake 15). Art is related to all human history, reflected from human societies, and need people to have emotional effects to response to it. By beginning with this term in her article, the author can continue describe how Western art was formed and how both modernism and postmodernism related to one concept-human behavior.

2.“Making special” describes one human behavior to make things that “one cares deeply about or activities whose outcome has strong personal significance” (Dissanayake 22). This phrase is related to the author’s view of art as” species-centered”, according to modemism, art is a priority value of human with heightened personal experience. According to postmodemism, art belongs to everyone. Both claims refer art as a natural human behavior and we need to make this behavior “special. This term also relates to human survival that we make things different from ordinary and used in a good way. For instance, human can use language, make tools and join with each other for mutual endeavor for the purpose of human survival. Different from animals, human also can make this special into intelligence, mental complexity, and make a significance in human history than “simply alertness to possible danger”(Dissanayake 22).

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One theory of art is from Greek and medieval period. This theory of art indicates that ordinary people’s views of art are different from the art of artists. In addition, art is used to as service of religion. The author indicates that during that period of time, art means “ having a correct understanding of the principles involved” (Dissanayake 17), rather than the ways we think of what “art” is.

One theory of art is modernism, which refers to art as ideology. This theory was brought up around 18-19 century. The theory refers art as “aesthetics”, which indicates principles such as “ taste and beauty that govern all the arts and indeed make them not simply painting or status, but examples of fine art”(Dissanayake 17). Art in the modernism is related to important personal experience of human beings and a supreme value of human nature. Art should be viewed as a universal need of human and “disinterest”, since people all have the chance to view art in a unbiased way.

One theory of art is postmodernism and refers art as interpretation. This theory was prominent around 20th century. This theory challenges the entire “modemist ideology” that art can be the intrinsic of everybody and can be seen anywhere in our daily life. It challenges the aura of religiosity of museum. The theory also indicates that artiest are normal people and without any priority or privilege when viewing objects. Artiest like everybody “interprets art according to their individual and cultural sensibilities”(Dissanayake 20).