Functions of ART

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Functions of ARTArt as communication
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Personal Function
Used to express personal feelings or personal
meaning.
Quinton Gonzales The First Wish 1999,
Screenprint 30x32
Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait 1 1940, oil on
canvas, 16x24
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Social Function

• Used to enhance the shared sense of identity to
  those in a family, community of civilization.

Made from waste in Argentinean landfill
Traditional Balinese perfomance
Goya The 3rd of May 1808, 1814, oil on canvas
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Spiritual Function

• Used in expression of spiritual beliefs about the
  destiny of life controlled by the force of a
  higher power.

Mehndi, India
Stained glass windows
Parthenon, Greek temples built in honor of
ancient gods
Sand mandalas
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Physical Function

• Constant innovation and invention of new
  materials or old materials to create new works of
  art/ inventions/sculptures, machinery

Oldenburg and Van Brugen, Spoon Bridge and Cherry
(1985-88), Minneapolis
Industrial Design, Chair
Auto design, Acura
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Educational Function

• Arts and symbols created to impart information

Flemish working woman
Stained glass windows Illuminated
manuscripts depicting stories/scripture in visual
form (Middle Ages Europe 5th cen-15th cent)
16th century portraiture depicts class and
Clothing styles/trends of the time
Lower class Flemish child
Pottery and arrowheads show how early Man lived
Traffic/informational signs