The arts are a vast subdivision of
culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. It is a broader term than "
art", which as a description of a field usually means only the
visual arts.
The arts encompass the
visual arts, the
literary arts and the
performing arts –
music,
theatre,
dance and
film,
among others. This list is by no means comprehensive, but only meant to
introduce the concept of the arts. For all intents and purposes, the
history of the arts begins with the
history of art.
The arts might have origins in early human evolutionary prehistory.
According to a recent suggestion, several forms of audio and visual arts
(rhythmic singing and
drumming on external objects,
dancing, body and face painting) were developed very early in
hominid evolution by the forces of
natural selection in order to reach an
altered state of consciousness. In this state, which
Jordania calls
battle trance, hominids and early human were losing their individuality, and were acquiring a new
collective identity,
where they were not feeling fear or pain, and were religiously
dedicated to the group interests, with total disregard for their
individual safety and life. This state was needed to defend early
hominids from predators, and also to help to obtain food by aggressive
scavenging. Ritualistic actions involving heavy rhythmic music,
rhythmic drill, coupled sometimes with
dance and
body painting
had been universally used in traditional cultures before the hunting or
military sessions in order to put them in a specific altered state of
consciousness and raise the
morale of participants.
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