WEEK 3 FUNCTIONS OF ARTS AND PHILOSOPHY

Question 1

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.

Example: paintings, drawings, lettering, printing, sculptures, digital imaging, and more

Answer 1

Visual Art Expressions

Question 2

POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS (List)

Answer 2

1. VISUAL ARTS
2. FILM
3. PERFORMANCE ART
4. POETRY PERFORMANCE
5. ARCHITECTURE
6. DANCE
7. CHOREOGRAPHY
8. LITERARY ART
9. THEATER
10. APPLIED ARTS

Question 3

refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement, It focuses on its aesthetic, cultural, and social value and is considered as both an art and an industry.

Answer 3

Film

Question 4

is a live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he or she uses to perform, but also employs other kind of art such as visual art, props, or sound.

Answer 4

Performance art

Question 5

is an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words.

Answer 5

Poetry Performance

Question 6

• is the art of designing and constructing buildings and other types of structures.
• It is often referred to as the “mother of the arts” because it houses, serves as background for, or occurs in relation to other fields of art.

Answer 6

Architecture

Question 7

• is series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.

Answer 7

Dance

Question 8

Is the art of making dances, and the person who does is called?

Answer 8

Choreographer

Question 9

It focuses on writing using a unique style, not following a specific form or norm. It may include both fiction and non-fiction such as novels, biographies and poems.

Answer 9

Literary Art

Question 10

• uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience.
• usually follows a script, though they should not be confused with literary arts.

Answer 10

Theater

Question 11

incorporate elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetical value.

Answer 11

Applied Arts

Question 12

THE FUNCTIONS OF ART

Answer 12

A. AS A THERAPY
B. ART AS ARTIFACT
C. PERSONAL FUNCTION OF ART
D. SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART
E. PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF ART
F. OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART

Question 13

In its therapeutic function, art can be and is used as therapy for individuals with a variety of illnesses, both physical and mental.

Answer 13

As a Theraphy

Question 14

A product of a particular time and place, an artwork represents the ideas and technology of that specific time and place.

Answer 14

ART AS ARTIFACT

Question 15

are varied and highly subjective. This means that its function depend on the person- the artist who created the art.

Answer 15

PERSONAL FUNCTION OF ART

Question 16

it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest.

Very common example: Political Art

Answer 16

SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART

Question 17

• art are the easiest to spot and understand. T
• can be found in artworks that are crafted in order to serve some physical purpose.

Answer 17

PHYSICAL FUNCTION OF ART

Question 18

Other Functions of Art

Answer 18

1. Art as a Representation
2. Art as a Disinterested Judgment
3. Art as a Communication of Emotion

Question 19

refers to the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork

WHAT?

Answer 19

Subject

Question 20

is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork

WHY?

Answer 20

Content

Question 21

Types of Subject

Answer 21

1. Representational Art
   2.Non-Representational art

Question 22

These types of art have subjects 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.

Example: Mona Lisa (Da Vinci)

Answer 22

Representational Art

Question 23

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

Example: Jackson Pollock, detail of “Number 14”

Answer 23

Non-Representational art

Question 24

Sources of Subject

Answer 24

1. Nature ( Van Gogh “DIe Ebene Von Auvers”)
2. Sacred Oriental Texts (“Shah Jajan Recievin Dara Shikoh”)
3. History (Battle of Waterbo)
4. Greek and Roman Mythology (“Discobolus” - Greek original by the sculptor Myron of 450-400 BC”
5. Judeo-Christian Tradition (“Sistine Chapel” -Michelangelo) (Interior of Westminter)
6. Other works of art

Question 25

Kinds of Subject

Answer 25

1. History
2. Still Life
3. Animals
4. Nature
5. Fantasies
6. Landscape
7. Seascape
8. FIgures
9. Myth
10. Dreams
11. Cityscape
12. Mythology

Question 26

CONTENT IN ART
Levels of meaning

Answer 26

1. Factual
2. Subjective
3. Conventional

Question 27

pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it may be extracted from the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to one another.

Answer 27

Factual

Question 28

meaning, on the other hand, pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using motifs, signs, symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning.

Answer 28

Conventional

Question 29

are consulted, a variety of meaning may arise when a particular work of art is read.

Example: “Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo at Sistine Chapel

Answer 29

Subjectivities

Question 30

NEVER BACK DOWN, NEVER WHAT?!

Answer 30

NEVER GIVE UP!!