ARTAPP MODULE2

• Functions of art are classified into six categories:

  • Aesthetic: beauty of a figurative figure/materials
  • Historical: portrayal of past events, heroes, etc.
  • Personal: public display or expression
  • Physical: utilitarian
  • Religious: portrayal of worship to God
  • Social: related to celebration or collective behavior
• Plato perspective on art:

  • Describes beauty as an imperfect beauty that participates only in the form of beauty in the World of Forms
• Aristotle perspective on art:

  • Considers art as an aid to philosophy in revealing truth
  • Allows for the experience of pleasure
  • Has the ability to be instructive and teach its audience things about life, making it cognitive
• Art plays a significant role in communicating the artist's previously experienced emotions to its audience
• Art for Art's Sake:

  • Artists associated with aestheticism believe that art needs no justification
  • Art does not have to be didactic or political to have social impact