FUNCTIONS OF ART AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES Flashcards
_______________CLAIMED THAT EVERY SUBSTANCE IN THE WORLD HAS AN
END, OR TELOS.
ARISTOTLE
______ MEANS PURPOSE.
______ IS LINKED WITH FUNCTION.
TELOS
MAN IS BOUND TO ACHIEVE A LIFE FULL
OF HAPPINESS AND ALL MEN MOVE TO ITS
END.
HAPPINESS IS LINKED TO FUNCTION, AND
FUNCTION IS LINK WITH RATIONALITY.
MAN IS RATIONAL.
ARISTOTLE
FUNCTION DEPENDS ON THE
PERSON
NEED FOR SELF-EXPRESSION
FOR ENTERTAINMENT
DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN
ANYTHING
THERAPEUTIC GAIN
PERSONAL FUNCTION OF ART
CONVEY MESSAGE OF PROTEST
(POLITICAL)
DEPICTS SOCIAL CONDITIONS
SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART
ARTWORKS ARE CRAFTED IN
ORDER TO SERVE SOME PHYSICAL
PURPOSE.
PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF ART
OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART
MUSIC SERVED AS AN
INSTRUMENT TO FACILITATE
WORSHIP AND INVOCATION IN
ANCIENT TIMES
SCULPTURE IN THE EARLIER
TIMES WERE MADE FOR RELIGION
OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART
MUSIC SERVED AS AN
INSTRUMENT TO FACILITATE
WORSHIP AND INVOCATION IN
ANCIENT TIMES
SCULPTURE IN THE EARLIER
TIMES WERE MADE FOR RELIGION
ARTISTS AS IMITATORS AND ARTS AS MERE
__________. (PLATO)
IMITATION
ART SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOL:
BASED ON EMOTION
WITHOUT THE PROPER USE OF REASON
ART PROVIDES VISION OF WHAT MIGHT BE
OR THE MYRIAD POSSIBILITIES IN REALITY:
ALLOWS FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF ART
ABILITY TO BE INSTRUCTIVE AND TEACH ITS
AUDIENCE ABOUT LIFE.
ART AS REPRESENTATION
IMMANUEL KANT CONSIDERED THE
JUDGEMENT OF BEAUTY AS SOMETHING
THAT CAN BE UNIVERSAL
WHILE BEAUTY AND JUDGEMENT OF
BEAUTY IS SUBJECTIVE, THERE ARE SOME
UNIVERSAL CRITERION.
ART AS A DISINTERESTED
JUDGEMENT
ART SERVES AS A LANGUAGE, A
COMMUNICATION METHOD THAT
ARTICULATES FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS.
ART AS MECHANISM FOR SOCIAL UNITY.
ART AS A COMMUNICATION OF
EMOTION
