What is art by Ellen Dissanayake.

in this provocative study Ellen dissanayke examines art along with play and ritual as human behaviors that make special and proposes that making special is an inherited tendency as intrinsic to the human species as speech or toolmaking

i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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