FUNCTIONS

OF ART
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 ARTS
All arts have function, for man, the
maker, creates things beautiful
because he has a particular need for
them.
CLASSIFICATION
OF FUNCTIONS OF
ART
1. FUNCTIONAL
Examples: architecture,
weaving, furniture-making

2. NON-FUNCTIONAL
Examples: Painting, sculpture,
literature, music and theater arts
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ART

1. PERSONAL FUNCTION
Arts are vehicles for the
artist’s expression of their feelings
and ideas. The arts also serve as
means of expression for us

Ex: Music, Paintings

 FUNCTIONS OF
ART

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
One cannot conceive of a
society without art, for art is closely
related to every aspect of social life

Examples: Political Arts

 FUNCTIONS OF
ART

SOCIAL FUNCTIONS
Arts perform social function
when:
1. Influences Social Behavior
2Display and Celebration
3. Social Description
 FUNCTIONS OF
ART
PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS
Tools and containers are objects
which function to make our lives
physically comfortable. Functional
works of art may be classified as
either tools or containers.
 Form and function
The function of an object is
generally determines in the basic
form that it takes. A chair is so
designed as to allow the seated
body to rest comfortably on it. The
shapes, sizes, and different parts
are harmoniously related to one
another and integrated into an
object that fulfills and tells about
their particular purpose
 Basic philosophical
perspective
1.) ART AS MIMESIS (PLATO)
“Art is an imitation of the real that was an imitation of the ideal.”
“Art is an imitation of an imitation.”
2.) ART AS REPRESENTATION (ARISTOTLE)
“The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their inward
significance.”
3.) ART FOR ART’S SAKE (KANT)
“Art has its own reason for being.”
4.) ART AS AN ESCAPE
--The sacred level of art not only transforms something into art but also transforms the
artist at the very core of his or her being.
5.) ART AS FUNCTIONAL
-- Art serves a function. Art is meant to be used, to enrich lives to be spiritually potent,
to educate, to support or protest existing power structures, to entertain and so on.