art

Question 1

art

Answer 1

the process and product of applying certain skills to transform matter, sound, or motion into a form that is deemed aesthetically meaningful to a people in a society

Question 2

art as non-functional or functional

Answer 2

art doesn’t have to be functional

Question 3

institutional of definition art

Answer 3

art is constituted by where it is displayed (art can only be present in certain places) it is conditional

Question 4

money and art

Answer 4

the display of art is linked to market processes through money and selling art, profit and the market becomes interlinked with art because it can be the main motivation for it

Question 5

intentional definition

Answer 5

art objects are intended to be works of art by their marker- artistic intent; but intent is subordinate to function, the intent to build a boat is irrelevant if the boat sinks

Question 6

andres serrano

Answer 6

piss Christ

Question 7

defined in terms of attributes

Answer 7

focus on the visual or interpretative properties rather than strict function

Question 8

attributes of art objects

Answer 8

skill in manufacturing 
emotional features
aesthetic features 
semantic or interpretative features 
interrelation

Question 9

attributes of fine art

Answer 9

rare, expensive, university-course subject, made for the market, artist is named, uniqueness valued, produced by artists in western classical tradition, not utilitarian (non-functional)

Question 10

art in anthropology

Answer 10

a communal process

Question 11

3 perspectives on art

Answer 11

Functional, iconographic, aesthetic

Question 12

functional art

Answer 12

use of the object in ritual and religion, the function is what gives it value

Question 13

iconographic

Answer 13

object represents something and has a particular meaning

Question 14

aesthetic

Answer 14

aesthetic or interpretative considerations must be those relevant to the producer

Question 15

functions of art

Answer 15

psychological, political, religious, social, educational

Question 16

psychological function

Answer 16

helps people cope with tension and aggressive feelings, understanding certain emotions

Question 17

Propaganda

Answer 17

used as an effective regime/political tool- art assist in conveying the messages

Question 18

Characteristics of art

Answer 18

• enjoyable, not necessarily functional
• art is supposed to evoke response from the reader
• transformational- converting a simple shape into a complex image
• symbolic

Question 19

Anderson’s criteria of what is not art

Answer 19

• no meaning
• cultural context is not needed
• no sense of aesthetics

Question 20

art classification

Answer 20

art is very flexible category

Question 21

early art

Answer 21

• simplistic (artists had no prior training)
• not much emphasis of aesthetic, all of it had a function, not art for art sake
• emotional
• had to do with sex and fertility
• about harmony with nature

Question 22

primitive art

Answer 22

category of art that is apart from western culture , it is usually anonymous

Question 23

anthropology and art

Answer 23

study of
what role art plays in people’s lives and
what symbols/meanings they hold,
the status of the art makers in the community, and
the value of the art to its makers and to outsiders

Question 24

criteria for anthropological analysis of art

Answer 24

open to analyze art that is non-western

Question 25

social function of art

Answer 25

to create and maintain social values

Question 26

function and form

Answer 26

• form and function of an art can be separated i.e designs on a pot do not add to the function of a pot
• can be integrated the mask meant to hide the face and give a new identity making the art integral part of the function

Question 27

ethnomusicology

Answer 27

study of how music relates to other parts of culture

Question 28

4 interest of ethnomusicology

Answer 28

• a culture’s ideas on music
• how is music socially structured
• what are the characteristics of music
• material cultures related with music