Art Functions of art


Latin word “ars” which means ability  Social
or skills.  Influencing other people
Two definitions of Art  Personal
1. Art is experience  Expression, communication
 Experience -The process of and relaxation
doing and seeing things and  Physical
having things happen to you.  Tools, containers or shelter
 Ex: EDVARD MUNCH “The
scream” & Van Gogh’s “The Forms of Art
starry night”  Literacy
2. Art is not nature (Art is not real)  Performing
 Artists have their personal  Visual
perceptions and feeling that  Digital
comes into play.  Popular/Modern
 Art is a way of expressing
ideas and feelings through Components of Arts
creation and non-graphic  Artist
expression.  Work
 Art is an imitation of nature How an artist express self
by an artist; Man-made.  Skill - learned
 Motivation – driving force
Natures of Arts
 Talent – natural capacity
1. Art is experience
 Physical, emotional, Subjects in art
intellectual and spiritual
 Refers to the main idea
experiences.
 Who or what the art is about
2. Art is man-made
 Essence of the piece
 Imitation of nature
3. Art is beauty
Factors that affect the choice of subject
 It provides aesthetic pleasure
 Medium
 Time
How is art and beauty interpreted?
 Patronage
 Aesthetics
 Developments
 Proclaims something as
beautiful, requires the same
How subjects represented
liking from others and judges
1. Realism- normal appearance
not for himself but for
2. Abstraction- simplifying; omission of
everyone.
details
 Taste
3. Distortion- proportions area
 Varies according to class,
arranged differently from natural
cultural background and
appearance
education
4. Surrealism- realism + distortion