Initial Research Of CenJiaWu And "Totem Art History"

This article introduced achieved was "totem historic art" is the renowned anthropologist, the national scientist, Cen Jiawu (1912 - 1966) studies abroad the time work in Japan; In 1937 was published by the Commercial Press.In this work, the author has fully utilized the sociological research technique, has applied the massive domestic and foreign ethnology, the anthropology research material as well as our country ancient times the historical literature, systematically studied and has discussed the totem art production, the development and the decline situation. Had expounded extant primitive nationality's totem art and primitive humanity's totem art continues the relations and the basic difference, proposed totem art has the extremely important position in the human art history, moreover has the widespread universal significance in the world.The author has many very unique opinions.This is in a Chinese primitive art research area Classics Work, has the inspiration and the development function to the now related research.