Understanding the essence of art and the perspectives of its evaluation by people is not always easy. In comparison to other educators of art, the approaches demonstrated by Dissanayake are the most truthful and the most interesting. One of the first claims was the idea that art could encompass all human history through all human societies and touch upon psychological and emotional aspects which may considerably influence the process of evaluation (Dissanayake 1991). The chosen palaeoanthropsychobiological point of view is a clear example of how any form of art should be evaluated and viewed in regard to humans.
Even if the idea of art Dissanayake is hard to pronounce at once, it is still easy to comprehend and evaluate accordingly. The human environment is characterized by a number of qualities, and art, as its integral part, considerably depends on some of these qualities. This idea proves that there can be a number of perspectives for the evaluation of art. Considering various periods of time, art may be characterized by various issues and expectations. Still, without art, human life is not complete. People are in need of art to have something to evaluate, appreciate, and promote. And to succeed in art evaluation, more care and attention are required from people so that they could achieve some kind of perfection in the chosen style of art.
To achieve the objective set and understand how various the nature of art evaluation can be, it is crucially important to adopt a number of species-centered views and appreciate personal continuity as nothing else in life. Only in case, the appreciation is considered, it is possible to think about art as something new, something worthwhile, and something really important for a person to evaluate.
References
Dissanayake, E. (1991). Art for Life’s Sake. In Caroll, C. Keynote Addresses. Reston VA: National Art Education Association. Web.