CHAPTER 4

• Function of Arts


  Art serves multifaceted functions in society, extending far beyond its aesthetic appeal. It acts as a powerful communicator, conveying complex ideas, emotions, and cultural narratives. Through visual, auditory, and tactile mediums, art comments on societal issues, preserves cultural heritage, and provides avenues for emotional expression
• Three functions of Arts


  • Personal Function
  • Social Function
  • Physical Function
• Personal Function


  Art serve as function for the expression of feelings, emotions, motivation and ideas
• Social Function


  Art are created and can be used primarily for public consumption
• Physical Function


  Many attempts have been made to answer the basic questions that man asks about life himself, his life and reality. Arts and skilled worksmanship help mitigate the automatic or robotic effects of technology
• Definition of beauty


  Does not provide exact guidelines for identifying or classifying things as beauty with great certainty. These standards are more like guidelines to aid finite minds in appreciating beauty. For something to be called beautiful, they do not all have to be there, and just because one is there does that make it so
• Integrity or Wholeness


  • Every aspect of the artwork, including its form, content, and structure, should contribute to a sense of unity and cohesion. When a work of art possesses integrity, it resonates with a sense of completeness and balance, evoking a profound aesthetic experience in the viewer
• Proportion or Consonance


  • Medieval philosophers believed proportion had some importance for meaning. Even if the subject may be symmetrical, balance is more crucial. The components of the whole work harmoniously together
• Radience or Clarity


  • Radiance is the luminosity that comes from a beautiful thing and initially captures the beholder's attention. This characteristic is intimately tied to medieval ideas about light
• Two types of Art Subject


  • Representational Art
  • Non-Representational Art
• Representational Art


  The use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else. Representational means descriptive, figurative and symbolized. It depicts something easily recognized by most people
• Non-Representational Art


  Also called Abstract Art. The aim is to take subjects from reality but present them in a way that is different from the way they are viewed in our reality. Sometimes it does not even represent or depict a being, a place or a thing in a natural world. The artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
• Sources of Art Subjects


  • Nature
  • History
  • Dream
  • Everyday life or genre
  • Religion
  • Mythology, legend, and folklore
  • Animal
• Nature-inspired Art


  Encompassing sculpture, installations, collages, graffiti, and architecture, is diverse and occupying various areas. Each piece is unique, utilizing materials sourced from the planet, showcasing the diverse nature of art
• History as Art Subject


  Has been used to illustrate historical events across time through various media like tapestries, oil paintings, and photographs. However, the cumulative nature of art challenges rigid chronology, as every masterpiece is a result of both past and present events, questioning the artist's function
• Kinds of Art Subjects


  • Still life
  • Landscape
  • Portraiture
  • Abstract
  • Animals
  • History Art
  • Figure
  • Nature
  • Seascape
  • Cityscape
  • Mythology
  • Dreams
• Still Life


  Drawings of non-living objects, arranged in a specific way, to create meaning or a visual effect. Common still life objects include things like flowers, fruits, vegetables, and other foods and beverages
• Landscape


  The depiction of natural scenery in art. Landscape paintings may capture mountains, valleys, bodies of water, fields, forests, and coasts and may or may not include man-made structures as well as people
• Portraiture


  The recording of an individual's appearance and personality, whether in a photograph, painting, sculpture, or any other medium
• Abstract


  Art that does not attempt to represent an accurate depiction of a visual reality but instead uses shapes, colours, forms and gestural marks to achieve its effect
• Animals


  Zoomorphic refers to the representation or depiction of animal forms or characteristics in art. It is often used to convey symbolism, cultural beliefs, or simply aesthetic appeal
• History Art


  The study of objects of art considered within their time period. Art historians analyze visual arts' meaning (painting, sculpture, architecture) at the time they were created
• Figure


  The human shape and form. Figures in art were heavily used during the realism period to portray real life images of what was happening in the world
• Nature Art


  Depictions of nature can also be about intellectual thought and spirituality. Art involving nature can be done simply to display the beauty of the natural world around us, to make scientific observations in an environment, or to open our minds to philosophical ideas about our own connection to nature and beyond
• Seascape


  Works of art that depict the sea. These works could be pictures, prints, engravings, drawings, or even paintings
• Cityscape


  The practice of depicting urban scenes and its component elements, such as streets, buildings, types, compositions, and other city features
• Mythology


  The stories and characters from old myths, folktales, legends, and customs are depicted in mythological settings in paintings
• Dreams


  Dreams were only depicted as religious experiences in Renaissance Art. Biblical stories with characters who see higher beings and heavenly truths through dreams and dream-like visions were a common source of inspiration for artists