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Lesson 6 - Function in The Arts

The document discusses the different functions of art. It describes three main categories of function: physical, social, and personal. Physical functions refer to art that serves practical purposes, like architecture. Social functions involve art that addresses collective life or social issues. Personal functions vary between individuals and can include self-expression or providing aesthetic experiences. The document provides examples to illustrate these different functions and notes that a single work can have overlapping functions.

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Lesson 6 - Function in The Arts

The document discusses the different functions of art. It describes three main categories of function: physical, social, and personal. Physical functions refer to art that serves practical purposes, like architecture. Social functions involve art that addresses collective life or social issues. Personal functions vary between individuals and can include self-expression or providing aesthetic experiences. The document provides examples to illustrate these different functions and notes that a single work can have overlapping functions.

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Lesson 6:

Function in
the arts
Four philippine monumentsFrom left to right: Rizal Monument/ Leyte Landing
Monument/ Lapu-lapu Shrine/ Bonifacio Monument

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function
× Refers to the direct and practical usefulness of the
arts
× Architecture is directly and almost entirely
functional because buildings and other structures
are always built for some special purpose. Painting
and sculpture may be used to narrate events, to
portray people of events, to instruct, to
commemorate individuals or historical events

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FUNCTION
× The functions of art normally fall into three categories. These
are: personal, social, physical functions. These can and often
overlap in any given piece of art.
× The PHYSICAL functions of art are most easily dealt with.
Works of art that are created to perform some service have
physical functions.
× Architecture, any of the craftworks and industrial design are
all types of art that have physical functions

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function
× SOCIAL function- when it addresses aspect of collective life, as
opposed to one person’s point of view or experience.
× For example, political art always carries a social function.
× The fur-covered Dada teacup, useless for holding tea, carried a
social function in that it protested World War I.
× Art that depicts social conditions perform social functions.
× FRANCISCO DE GOYA- went this route with varying degrees of
success in enacting social change.

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FUNCTION
• PERSONAL functions- are the most difficult to explain
in any great detail. They vary from person to person.
• An artist may create out of a need for self expression, or
gratification,. She or He might have wanted to
communicate a thought or point to the viewer. Perhaps,
the artist was trying to provide aesthetic experience, both
for self and viewers.
• Art may serve the personal functions of control.

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function
× Art has been used to attempt or exert magical
control over time, or the seasons or even the
acquisition of food. Likewise, art is used to bring
order to a messy and disorderly world.
× Art can be used to create chaos when an artist feels
life is too staid and ordinary.
× Art can also be therapeutic for both artist and
viewers.

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FUNCTION
× Yet, another function of art is that of religious service.
× Finally, sometimes, art is used to assist us in maintaining
ourselves as species.
× Biological functions would obviously include fertility
symbols (in any culture) and sometimes we adorn ourselves in
order to be attractive enough to, well, mate.

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CONCLUSIO
N
The function of art must not be considered
in judging works of art. Some arts have
function, others do not.
Functional arts are not necessarily superior
to non-functional arts. What is important in
the arts is not the function of the artwork
but how well that artwork is made.

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THANK
YOU! ☺

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