Functions of Arts

FUNCTIONS OF ART
Functions of Art
1. Art for decoration and ornamentation. A decoration used to embellish parts of a building or object. Large figurative elements such as monumental sculpture and their equivalents in decorative art are excluded from the term; most ornament does not include human figures, and if present they are small compared to the overall scale
2. Art for adornment to indicate social rank. These include cosmetics, jewelers, clothing accessories, facial hair, fingernail modification, piercing, lip plates, tattooing, braiding, and head gear.
3. Art to inspire faith or enrich worship.
4. Art to give insight and a new angle on reality.
5. Art for magical power.
6. Art to honor and glorify. “My faith is my main inspiration for my work,” she said. “I try to take the spiritual and intangible and make it physical.” -Katie Schmid
7. Art to record history. It relates to past events as well as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about these events.
8. Art for the design of functional objects.
9. Art to tell stories and illustrate.
10. Art to define and show beauty.
11. Art as propaganda to sell ideas, feelings, objects.
12. Art to define and reflect the current times and culture.
13. Art to redefine art.
14. Art to express and explore personal feelings and ideas.

Categories of Functions of Art:
A. Personal Functions of Art
1. Art and psychological expression Visual images preceded written language as a means of communication.
2. Love, sex and marriage Two lovers, a marriage, pregnancy, a mother and child, elderly couples, intergenerational images, all reflect on the personal function of themes most central to our lives as family members.
3. Death and morbidity Death fascinates and frightens us; we cannot solve its mysteries. Yet we continue to contemplate and hypothesize what we will find on the other side of death.
4. Artistic Expressions of Illness The expression of love in modern art may be sentimental or cynical (usually the latter), but when it comes to illness and disease we see a frank, almost clinical kind of imagery
5. Spiritual Concern Religious art usually expresses collective ideas about human life in relation to the divine.
6. Aesthetic Expression Aesthetic needs and impulses are not the specialized interest of some elite; everyone is concerned with what is beautiful or pleasing.
B. Social Functions of Art
1. It influences a human group
2. It is made to be seen or used in public situations.
3. It describes aspects of life shared by all as opposed to personal kinds of experience.
C. Physical Functions of Art 1. Architecture: The Dwelling It specializes in custom residential, commercial and community planning projects. Our responsibility is not limited to the specific project but the surrounding environment, and we strive to design each commission to complement and enhance the surrounding street, neighborhood and community.
2. The Crafts and Industrial Design Is the use of a combination of applied art and applied science to improve the aesthetics, functionality, and usability of a product, but it may also be used to improve the product's marketability and production.

FIVE INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ART
1. Pablo Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego José Fransisco de Paula Juan
Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr
Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso. The name contains 23 words and honors various saints and relatives.
2. Pablo Picasso was considered a suspect in the theft of Mona Lisa in 1911.
He was arrested and questioned after his friend Guillaume Apollinaire pointed a finger at Picasso. Both were later cleared and released.
3. Vincent Van Gogh produced more than 2000 works during his life time: approx 900 paintings and 1100 drawings and sketches. Although he is now considered one of the greatest artists of all times he was undervalued and only sold one painting during his life time.
4. Leonardo Da Vinci was left handed and his personal notes were written in mirror writing starting from the right side of the page to the left.
5. Leonardo Da Vinci started painting Mona Lisa in 1504 or 1505 and finished only shortly before he died in 1519. Some reports say that it took him 10 years to perfect Mona Lisa's lips. He was a procrastinator and often regretted not finishing many of his works.

HUMANITIES 5 ART, MAN AND SOCIETY