Posted: October 10, 2014 | Author: odelacruz011197 | Filed under: Uncategorized |Leave a comment
What are six functions that art fulfills?
The six functions are:
- Art for Delight
- Art as Commentary
- Art in Worship and Ritual
- Art for Commemoration
- Art for Persuasion
- Art as Self-Expression
ART FOR DELIGHT
We need delight, enjoyment, pleasure, decoration, amusem*nt, and embellishment in our lives to” lift us above the steam of life”, as a note art critic wrote.
Visual delight in a work of art can take many forms, including an appreciation of beauty or decoration, or delight in an element of surprise.
ART AS COMMENTARY
Before the advent of the photography in the nineteenth century, artists and illustrators were our only source of information about the visual appearance of anything. by providing a visual account of an event or a person, or by expressing an opinion, artists ha shaped not only the way people understand their own world but also how their culture is viewed by others.
Artists who fulfill our need for commentary often speak in language easy to understand, they view art`s primary goal as communication between artists and viewer by means of subject matter.
ART IN WORSHIP AND RITUAL
Another function of art has been to enhance religious contemplation, and most of the world`s religions have found ways to incorporate artists` creativity into their sacred rituals, place, and ceremonies. Thomas Aquinas, one of the most important roman catholic theologian, wrote in the thirteenth century of the function of art as an aid to religious teaching: “It is benefit-ting holy scripture to put forward divine and spiritual truths by means of comparisons with material things. For God provides for everything according to the capacity of its nature.” He also wrote, “It is natural for man to be pleased with representation”, meaning that we human enjoy looking at pictures of things. Thus an artwork, if attractively presented, ” raise (viewers) to the knowledge of intelligible truths”.
ART FOR COMMEMORATION
We all have a profound need to remember and show respect for those who have gone before us. Some commemoration is personal, as we each hold memories of people important in our lives. But commemoration is more often a more public act, perhaps celebrating a significant person or event, or honoring patriotic actions. Commemoration of any kind connects us with the chain of humanity that stretches back for millennia, making human life more significant and valuable. Visual imagery played a decisive role in lost types of commemoration.
ART FOR PERSUASION
Many art-forms have a persuasive function. Splendid government buildings, public monuments, television commercials, and music videos all harness the power of art to influence action and opinion.
ART AS SELF-EXPRESSION
For most of human history, self-expression has not been a primary reason for creating art. Other social and cultural needs, such as the five we have already considered, more fully engaged the talents of artists.
Art fulfills an expressive function when an artist conveys information about his or her personality or feelings or worldview, and aside from a social cause, market demand, commissioning ruler, or aesthetic urge.
