Ellen Dissanayake's Art Views Of Biological Evolution

Ellen Dissanayake is an important art theorist in contemporary America.She has a unique view of the nature,function and characteristics of art.From the perspective of biological evolution,she puts forward a view of biological evolution,which is different from the traditional art concept,that is,art is the human behavior that brings "feel good" by " extra-ordinary ",and emphasizes that the basic function of art is "feel good",and the nature of art is human behavior with the tendencies of heritage.The most important thing is to put forward that the core feature of artistic behavior is " extra-ordinary ".It is not only the lifeblood of art,but also the potential power to transcend and dominate the art as dominating games and rituals,and linking art with the biological attributes of human species.At the same time,by reconstructing the biological natural process of aesthetics and art,Ellen Dissanayake criticized the modern art theory as a product of culture or mind.She proposed that art is a biological evolutionary factor in human nature,which is normal,natural and universal,and is a biological instinct rooted in human beings as a species.And Ellen Dissanayake denies the art view of the modernism and Post-modernism " center of wirting ".In the former social practice,it was a kind of human activity to explore the true state of art,and to emphasize the universality of art by the species needs of the species of human beings,that is a universal demand and tendency of human beings.So Ellen Dissanayake's view of the art of biological evolution reminds us of the relationship between the biological and social factors in art,and reminds us of the relationship between culture and nature,not to ignore the biological roots of the people in the art as species,and to achieve the integration of culture and nature.Ellen Dissanayake's view of the art of biological evolution has a rectifying effect on modern and post-modern art concepts,which brings a new and fundamental change of consciousness to the research of art.