Category Archives: Unit 03

Question 1: Describe the term paleoanthropsychobiological. Who coined this term? Ellen Dissanayake coined the term palaeoanthropsychobiological. It describes a unique perspective that challenges the Western idea of art, which fails to see the artistic nature of many human actions. This … Continue reading →

In this reading, Dissanayake outlines the progression of art from the beginning of human expression into postmodernism. In primitive societies, art acted as “a galvanizer of group oneheartedness, art-conjoined-with-ritual is essential to group survival – quite literally art for life’s … Continue reading →