Primitive Decoration Art Research

Primitive decorative arts could be considered as a specific kind of decorative arts. It is the main form of visual arts of primitive men by which they used to express their own ideas and feelings. For nowadays researchers who wish to explore its essence behind various phenomena, it is necessary to use archaeological and anthropological materials and evidences as well as theories and methods of different disciplines such as biology, psychology, history, philosophy and social sciences.Primitive decorative arts is resulted from multiple elements rather than one single source. The way how those elements perform their function during the coming forth of the primitive decorative arts is not like the summation of the effect of each part. Rather to say, they take effects in a unitary system which is open rather than closed and in dynamic balance rather then quiescent symmetry. And human's spiritual factors played dominate roles during the whole process. In brief, the coming forth of primitive decorative arts is not a passive process or some ramification or by-products of other cultural phenomena. It arose from the adaptive behavior of human instinct to surrounding environment.Similarly, the form and connotation of the primitive decorative arts is also resulted from multiple elements. Whether it is realist or abstract, and whether it is representative or expressive, it is not a matter of what form comes earlier or later than other forms. It is more meaningful to observe and study those forms of primitive visual arts under a unitary background.Symbolization is one of the main characteristics of primitive decorative arts. Besides, narrative, descriptive and aesthetic meanings are also very common in primitive decorative arts. Specifically, aesthetic meaning is usually implicated in certain decorative arts, which sometimes could be covered by the theme or symbolic meaning and sometimes might be manifested in special forms.