FUNCTIONS OF ART (5)

• Personal Function of Art

  • Provides comfort, happiness, and convenience to human beings
  • Allows the artist to express personal feelings and beauty
  • Gives man moments of relaxation and spiritual happiness
  • Serves as a channel of man's passion
  • Overcomes feelings of restlessness and loneliness
• Social Function of Art


  • Used for public display and celebration to affect collective behavior
  • Bridges connection among people
  • Conveys sense of family, community, or civilization
• Cultural Function of Art

  Helps preserve, share, and transmit culture of people from one generation to another
• Aesthetic Function of Art

  • Makes man aware of the beauty of nature
  • Manifests feelings of appreciation and enjoyment when in contact with the artwork
• Spiritual Function of Art

  An artist may create a work of art to reinforce the religious or spiritual support of a culture