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MAN AND ARTS

FUNCTIONS OF ART
Man creates art. Thus his work is an expression of
who he is. His values and beliefs are formed by the
society (social, economic, political, cultural,
geographic, scientific, and technological
environment) to which he belongs.

PERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART

PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF ART
Art expresses mans sleeping passion and repressed
Arts serve functional operation of space (eg. obsession
planning)
Art affords man moments of emotional relaxation
and spiritual happiness
Art is for decorative purposes Art educates man's senses
Art gives man awareness of other ways of thinking,
Art may enhance/ help emphasize attributes of feeling and imagining
physical objects
Art production could be a source of income

According to
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF ART http://xpatnation.com/11-paintings-that-changed-the-world/

Art

tells us what societies are like
Celebration if positive
PAINTINGS THAT
Criticism if negative
CHANGED THE
Art educates the people about their culture,
history, worldviews, etc. WORLD
Arts bring people to collectively change, correct,
or improve upon the human condition

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Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937 Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist, 1950

Raphael, The School of Athens, 150911

Michelangelo, The Last Judgment, 1536-41

Titian, Venus of Urbino, 1538

Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, 1962

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

The Calling of St. Matthew, 1599-1600

Leonardo da Vinci
The Mona Lisa, 1503-06

Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656

Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889 ARTS AND SOCIETY

Artists endowed with high degree of sensitivity

towards his environment become social critics
or moralists by analyzing and commenting on
the virtues and views of their society.

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ARTS AND SOCIETY
Art has the possibility of making society better:
if art can reach the public
if people appreciate the value of the art
if people change their behavior to improve
the society
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The awareness that comes from art
will only lead to a better society if the
people take action based on the ideas
they discover in art. Actually, art can
encourage understanding or expose
misunderstandings.