“WHAT DOES THE WORD

FUNCTION MEAN?
DOES ART NEEDS TO BE
FUNCTIONAL?
FUNCTIONS OF
ARTS
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 PERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
• VARIED AND HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE
• SELF EXPRESSION, ENTERTAINMENT,
THERAPEUTIC PURPOSE
 THE SICK CHILD
• EDVARD MUNCH
• PIONEER OF THE
EXPRESSIONIST MOVEMENT
• TO REMIND VIEWERS OF
PERSONAL FAMILY TRAGIDIES
 ANXIETY
• EDVARD MUNCH
• SHOWS DEPRESSED
STATE
• DISPLAY IN MUNCH
MUSEUM
 SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
• POLITICAL ART IS A VERY COMMON
EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL FUNCTION.
• DEPICT SOCIAL CONDITIONS
 THE RAFT OF MEDUSA
• FRENCH ROYAL NAVY FRIGATE THAT SET
SAIL IN 1816 TO COLONIZE SENEGAL.
• CAPTAINED BY AN OFFICER OF ANCIENT
REGIME.
• RAFT FOR 150 SOULS- DRIFTED AWAY ON
BLOODY 13 DAY THAT SAVE ONLY 10
LIVES.
• MADE WORSE BY BRUTALITY AND
CANNIBALISM
 GUERNICA
• PAINTED BY A CUBIST PAINTER
• REFERS TO THE CITY OF THE SAME
NAME THAT WAS BOMBED BY NAZI
PLANES DURING SPANISH CIVIL WAR
• DESTROYED 2 QUARTERS OF THE
ANCIENT TOWN
• KILLED AND WOUNDED HUNDRED OF
PEOPLE
 ELECTRIC CHAIR
• REFLECTING THE POLITICAL
CONTROVERSY IN AMERICA
• ITS BRUTAL REDUCTION TO LIFE
 BAKUNIN’S BARICADE
• PRUSSIAN TROOPS TRIED TO DEFEAT
THE SOCIALIST INSURGENCY IN DRES
DEN
• PLACING THE PAINTINGS FROM
NATIONAL MUSEUM’S COLLECTION
IN FRONT OF BARRICADES
 EDUCATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
• SYMBOLS AND SIGNS TO ILLUSTRATE
KNOWLEDGE
• USED AS VISUAL INSTRUCTION
• MEANT TO INFORM AT TELL A TRUE
STORY
PORTRAIT OF ANNE OF CLEVES
• SHOWS SOMEONE FROM THE PAST
• WHAT THEY WORE AND HOW THEY
LOOKED
 THE VISION OF HOLY GRAIL
• GRAIL WAS SAID TO BE THE CUP OF
LAST SUPPER
• CRUCIFIXION TO HAVE RECEIVED
BLOOD FLOWING FROM CHRIST’S
SIDE
• BROUGHT TO BRITAIN BY JOSEPH
ARIMATHEA WHERE IT LAY HIDDEN
FOR CENTURIES
SIGNS
 PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
• CRAFTED IN ORDER TO SERVE SOME
PHYSICAL PURPOSE
 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
• WASHINGTON D.C.
 DUBAI MALL
• THE UNITED ARAB OF EMIRATES
 RUKU BOWL
• FAMOUS TEA WARE IN JAPAN
 PAUL NEWMANS ROLEX DAYTONA
• SOLD FOR MORE THAN $17 MILLION
 THE PINK STAR DIAMOND
• SELLS FOR RECORD $71.2 MILLION IN
HONGKONG
 DECORATIVE FUNCTIONS OF ART
• MEANT TO ENTERTAIN OR EXCITE THE
EYE AND MAY NOT HAVE ANY MEANING
AT ALL
HANS COPPER
BRIAN GARTSIDE CERAMIC ART
WOOD CARVED PRODUCTS
ROCK CARVED PRODUCTS
 SPIRITUAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
• TO EXPRESS SPIRITUAL BELIEFS ABOUT
THE DESTINY OF LIFE CONTROLLED BY
THE OF A HIGHER POWER
VIRGIN AND CHILD
THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL STAIN GLASS
WINDOW
MADONNA AND A CHILD WITH AN ANGEL
 THE LAST SUPPER
• FINAL MEAL THAT JESUS SHARED
WITH HIS APOSTLES
 PHILOSOPHICAL
PERSPECTIVE ON ARTS
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 ART AN IMITATION
• PLATO- REPUBLIC
• ARTISTS AS IMITATORS AND ARTS
AS IMITATION
• AGAINST IN INCLUSION OF ARTS
AS A SUBJECT IN A CURRICULUM
• THEY APPEAL TO EMOTION
RATHER THAN THE FACULTY OF
MAN
ART AS DISINTERESTED JUDGEMENT
• IMMANUEL KANT
• JUDGMENT OF BEAUTY IS
CORNERSTONE OF ART
• JUDGMENT OF BEAUTY IS
SUBJECTIVE
ART AS A COMMUNICATION OF EMOTION
• LEO TOLSTOY
• ARTS PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN
COMMUNICATION TO ITS AUDIENCE
EMOTIONS THAT THE ARTIST
PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED
• AS A PURVEYOR OF MAN’S
INNERMOST FEELINGS AND
THOUGHTS; ART IS GIVEN A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS
MECHANISM FOR SOCIAL UNITY