Functions of Art and Philosophy Flashcards
Is the kind of art form that the population is most likely more exposed to, but its variations are so diverse they range from sculptures that you see in art galleries to the last movie you saw.
visual arts
visual arts include
paintings drawings lettering printing sculptures digital imaging
refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement
Film
is a live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he or she uses to perform
Performance Art
is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words.
Poetry Performance
is the art of designing and constructing buildings and other types of structures.
Architecture
mother of the arts
Architecture
is series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
Dance
generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social spiritual or performance setting
Dance
is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer
Choreography
goes beyond the usual professional, academic, journalistic, and other technical form of writing.
Literary Art
uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience.
Theater
incorporate elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetically value.
Applied Arts
art can be and is used as therapy for individuals with a variety of illnesses, both physical and mental.
As a Therapy
A product of a particular time and place, an artwork represents the ideas and technology of that specific time and place.
Art as Artifact
are varied and highly subjective. This means that its function depend on the person- the artist who created the art.
Personal Function of Art
is considered to have a social function if and when it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest.
Social Function of Art
is a very common example of an art with a social function. Art may convey message of protest, contestation, or whatever message the artist intends his work to carry.
Political Art
can be found in artworks that are crafted in order to serve some physical purpose.
Physical Function of Art
Other Functions of Art
Art as a Representation
Art as a Disinterested Judgment
Art as a Communication of Emotion
refers to the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork.
Subject
is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork.
Content
these types of art have subject that refer to object or events occurring in the real world. Often, it is also termed figurative art, because as the name suggest, the figures depicted are easy to makes out and decipher.
Representational Art
this art does not make a reference to the real world, whether it is a person, place, thing, or even a particular event. It is stripped down to visual elements such as shapes, lines, emotion, and even concept.
Non-Representational Art
