arts
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- Definition- Principles and Elements of arts- Purposes of arts- Non motivated and motivated functions of arts
ART BRAIN TEASER
What is ART?
( Wikipedia)• Is a diverse range of human activities in creating
visual, auditory or performing artifacts, expressing the author’s imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power.
• Is a form of communication and means whatever it is intended to mean by the artist.
Collins English Dictionary defines 'the arts' as "imaginative, creative, and nonscientific branches of knowledge considered collectively, esp. as studied academically". The singular term art is defined by the Irish Art Encyclopedia as follows: "Art is created when an artist creates a beautiful object, or produces a stimulating experience that is considered by his audience to have artistic merit.
The meaning of the word Art…The word ART encompasses many meanings, including ability, process and product.• Ability – The human capacity to make things of beauty
and things that stir us; skill, mastery and creativity• Process – The different classifictions of art such as
drawing, painting, sculpting, architecture, music and photography; methods or processes.
• Product – The completed work;
CeremonialNarrative
FunctionalPersuasive
Artistic expression
Is art that was created to be used in a ritual orcelebration
Is art that tells a story
That can be used to do something else
Artworks that promote ideas, philosophies or products.
Art that expresses emotions, moods, feelings or ideas
Motivated functions of art
• The purpose of art which are motivated refer to intentional, conscious actions on the part of the artists or creator.
1. Communication: Examples Illustrative arts such as scientific illustration and maps. Emotions, moods and feelings are also communicated.
2. Art as an entertainment. - Art may seek to bring about a particular emotion or mood, for the purpose of relaxing or entertaining the viewerExample: Motion pictures and Video games..
3. The Avante-Garde. - The art of political change.- The art movements which had this goal-
Dadaism, Surrealism, Russian, Constructivism, and Abstract Expressionism.
4. The art for psychological and healing purposes.
- Is also used by art therapists, psychotherapists and clinical psychologists as art therapy.
5. Art for social inquiry.- Simply to criticize some aspect of society.Ex: Graffiti art or street art – are graphics and images that are spray-painted or stencilled on publicly viewable walls, buildings, buses, trains, and bridges, usually without permission.6. Art for propaganda or commercialism.- To subtly manipulate the viewer into a particular emotional or psychological response toward a particular idea or object
Non-motivated functions of art- Are those which are integral to being human,
transcend the individual, or don not fulfill a specific external purpose.
- Is something which humans must do by their very nature and is therefore beyond utility.
1. Basic human instinct for harmony, balance, rhythm2. Experience of the mysterious3. Expression of the imagination4. Universal communication5. Ritualistic and symbolic functions
