WEEK 3 FUNCTIONS OF ARTS 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.
Example: paintings, drawings, lettering, printing, sculptures, digital imaging, and more
Visual Art Expressions
POPULAR ART EXPRESSIONS (List)
- VISUAL ARTS
- FILM
- PERFORMANCE ART
- POETRY PERFORMANCE
- ARCHITECTURE
- DANCE
- CHOREOGRAPHY
- LITERARY ART
- THEATER
- APPLIED ARTS
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.
Film
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.
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.
- 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.
Architecture
- is series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
Dance
Is the art of making dances, and the person who does is called?
Choreographer
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.
Literary Art
- 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.
Theater
incorporate elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetical value.
Applied Arts
THE FUNCTIONS OF ART
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
In its therapeutic function, art can be and is used as therapy for individuals with a variety of illnesses, both physical and mental.
As a Theraphy
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
it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest.
Very common example: Political Art
SOCIAL FUNCTION OF ART
- art are the easiest to spot and understand. T
- 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
WHAT?
Subject
is the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork
WHY?
Content
Types of Subject
- Representational Art
2.Non-Representational art
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)
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
Example: Jackson Pollock, detail of “Number 14”
Non-Representational art
Sources of Subject
- Nature ( Van Gogh “DIe Ebene Von Auvers”)
- Sacred Oriental Texts (“Shah Jajan Recievin Dara Shikoh”)
- History (Battle of Waterbo)
- Greek and Roman Mythology (“Discobolus” - Greek original by the sculptor Myron of 450-400 BC”
- Judeo-Christian Tradition (“Sistine Chapel” -Michelangelo) (Interior of Westminter)
- Other works of art
