ART HISTORY & APPRECIATION

FUNCTIONS OF ART

Art has a general function of satisfying:

1. Our individual needs for personal expression.

2. Our social needs for public display, celebration, and

communication

3. Our physical needs for utilitarian objects or

structures.
>Art educates our senses and sharpens our perception
of color, forms, textures, designs, sounds, rhythms and
harmonies in our environment.

> Art offers us fresh insights into nature and human

nature so that we gain better understanding of
ourselves and world around us
THE KISS (1907 -1908)
 DAISEN INN STONE GARDEN
Daisen-in, a sub-temple of the Daitoku-ji temple
compound, contains one of the finest gardens in
Japan. It is important historically and artistically; in
it one can read almost the entire canon of
achievement in the Japanese garden tradition. All
the symbolic effects influenced by the aesthetics of
painting, and the art of creating illusory
representations of space, are brought together in one
From the roofed corridor with a bell-
shaped window the viewer looks down to The Boat stone resembles a
the 'Boat stone', as if standing in the Chinese junk, and is mirrored by
prow of a ship The 'Boat stone' is just the arrangement beyond it.
emerging in the bottom right corner of
the photo.
POP ART PARODY OF ANDY WARHOL

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SOCIAL FUNCTIONING

Art performs social function when:

1. It seeks to influence the collective behavior of people.
2. It is created to be seen or used primarily in public situations.
3. It expresses or describes social or collective aspects of existence as
opposed to individual and personal kinds of experiences

> Influencing Social Behavior - Paintings, photographs, posters, and cartoons

have been used to express humanitarian concern as well as ideological and
political comment(e.g. Spoliarium (1884)).

> Propaganda Literature- usually very moving and persuasive- has the capacity
to sway people’s minds and feelings towards certain ends(e.g. Noli Me
Tangere and El Filibusterismo).

> In spreading doctrine or teaching ideas, the arts have been used in
place or as complement of the written word(e.g. Detail of a tympanum in
the west façade of Notre Dame, Paris, France and Stained Glass at St.
Matthew’s Church, Paisley (1905-1907)).
> Traditional arts play significant functions in rituals of communities
(e.g. Shiva Lingam (India) and Abelam Yam Mask (Papua New Guinea)

> Commercial and advertising art aims to affect the buying behavior
of people (e.g. Coca Cola Booth in Oxford Ohio (1912) and KFC Meal
(2015)

> Art is used to commemorate important personages in society

(Bonifacio Monument at Caloocan (Guillermo Tolentino) and Rizal
Monument at Luneta Park, Manila)

> Art are linked to rituals. Public celebrations such as festivals employ
arts (e.g. Ati-Atihan Festival in Kalibo, Aklan and Pahiyas Festival in
Lucban, Quezon)

> Artworks are vital historical documents. They describe aspects of

existence at certain periods at certain periods at certain places of
certain communities (e.g. Greek Pottery by Meidas (420-400 BC))
PHYSICAL FUNCTION

Tools and containers are objects which function to make our lives
physically comfortable. Designing a functional object involves the
consideration of its intended use and its aesthetic look (e.g. Making
Embroidery Philippines, Clothing Store in Bulacan (2018), Nokia 3310
(September 2000), Motorola RAZR V3i (July 2004), Sony Ericsson Zylo
W20 (September 2009, iPhone x November 2019
SPOLIARIUM BY JUAN LUNA

The painting shows the Juan Luna's socio-cultural and political views and also his affections. It
portrays gladiators who were once the symbols of splendor, but now after their defeat, they are
treated like slaves.
AESTHETICS AS A PHILOSOPHY OF ART
> Aesthetics is the philosophical study of beauty and taste.
> It has a long history traced back to the writings of Plato.
> It shapes our understanding not only of beauty, taste, and value of art,
but also how we define art today.
> Aesthetics has aided philosophers in understanding what art is and how
it can be differentiated among other class of objects
> Aesthetic as a philosophy, it raises questions of what is beautiful and
what makes it so
> Does an object have to be beautiful to be considered art

UNDERSTANDING BEAUTY DEFINITION

We may or may not agree on which particular objects are beautiful. •
This is why we have to establish the basis for what characteristics can be associated with
beauty.
Bear in mind that individuals may differ in their beliefs of what is beautiful, and that is
perfectly okay