谈到艺术起源问题,~([1])学界一般会围绕模仿说、游戏说、表现说、劳动说和巫术说五种学说展开,或是突出一种,或是综合考虑,很难脱离这个思维框架。同时,研究材料主要来自上世纪翻译和出版的相关著作,如格罗塞的《艺术的起源》,仍然是今天被讨论和引用的主要作品。研究的模式相近又材料同源,致使起源问题的探讨原地打转而难有实质性进展。相对而言,国际上更加注重考古发现与科学实验,在《科学》与《自然》等期刊及新近研究中,有大量史前人类生活与艺术方 Speaking of the origin of art, the academic circles generally focus on imitation, saying that the game states that the five theories of labor and witchcraft are to be carried out, either by one type or by comprehensive consideration, and hard to get rid of This thinking framework. At the same time, the research materials mainly come from the translations and publications of the last century, such as Grosse’s The Origin of Art, which is still the main work discussed and quoted today. Similar patterns of research and material homology, resulting in the discussion of the origin of the problem spinning in place rather difficult to substantive progress. Relatively speaking, the international community pays more attention to archaeological discoveries and scientific experiments. In the periodicals and recent studies of Science and Nature, there are a large number of prehistoric human lives and artistic parties