Purposes/Functions of Art

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Purposes/Functions of Art

• Art is Communication
• Artists Create art, in order to communicate
  visually and conceptually.

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Personal FunctionArtist create art to express
personal feelings

• Woman V
• Willem de Kooning

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Personal Function

• Joan Miro

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Marc Chagall
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Social FunctionArtists create to reinforce a
shared sense of identity of community, or
civilization

• Aminah Robinson
• Born 1940 (Columbus, Ohio ) painter and
  children's book illustrator.

Elizabeth Catlett
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Social Function

• Cindy Sherman

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Cindy Sherman
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Spiritual FunctionArtists create to express
spiritual beliefs

• Michelangelo
• Pieta
• Pee-ey-tuh

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Spiritual/Personal

• Michelangelos David

• Donatellos David

Renaissance 1501-1504
Renaissance 1430-1440
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Physical FunctionArtists create functional
artwork

• Native American Pottery

• James Sterling
• 1959 Architecture- England

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What else could bePhysical Function?
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Educational FunctionArtist create artwork to
impart information
The Vision of the Holy Grail, Morris and Company,
1890 (tapestry)
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Native American - Folk Art
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What is the Function?Hint Artwork sometimes has
more than one function.
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Hint folktale
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Canopic Jars
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Jeff Koons
Paul Klee
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Cy Twombly
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Romare BeardenCollage Artist