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FUNCTIONS OF ART

Week 2

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 The Functions of Art 1. Personal Function

2. Social Function

3. Physical function

4. Contextual Function

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1. The Physical Function Works of art that

are created to

perfor ser!iceha!e physicalfunctions.

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 The Physical Function Architecture"

any of the

crafts andindustrialdesi#n are all

types of art thatha!e physicalfunctions.

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2. The Social Function Art has social functions $hen it

addresses aspects of %collecti!e&

life" as opposed to one person'spoint of !ie$ or experience.

Political art al$ays carries a social

function. Art that depicts socialconditions perfors socialfunctions.

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 The Social Function Conditions $e $ould

rather not think

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 The Social Function The need for

social chan#e or

transforation

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 The Social Function Po!erty

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 The Social Function +e(el Children

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3. Personal Function The personal

function of art

are the ostdi,cult toexplain in any#reat detail. )t!aries froperson to person.

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Personal Function -sin# the

personal

function of art"an artist aycreate out of a

need for selfexpression or#rati/cation.

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4. The Contextual Function 0o piece of art can (e assi#ned a

function if it isnt /rst considered

$ithin the proper context. Tryin# to classify functions

depends on context. %ssak5 2667&

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 The Contextual Function

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 The Contextual Function )deally" one can look at a piece and kno$

%approxiately& $here it cae fro and $hen.

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 The (estcase scenario includes identifyin# the

artist" as $ell" (ecause the artist is half of the

contextual e8uation %i.e." $hat $as the artist

thinkin# at the tie he created this9& :ou" the

!ie$er" are the other half %i.e." $hat does this

pieceof art ean to you" li!in# ri#ht no$9&

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 The Contextual FunctionAlso" contextual function ay includeidentifyin# the title;nae of the art$ork" itssu(<ect of art" aterials;ediu used" style"

and description or explanation of the art$ork.

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?SC+)PT)>05 A halflen#th portrait of a $oan

  naed =isa Bherardini" $ife of

Francesco del Biocondo. The paintin#

  expresses the su(<ects eni#atic sile

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 The Contextual Function

Pasi#ui" +. et. Al. %266&. Art Appreciation:Looking Beyond (A Textbook inHumanities). Eutya Pu(lishin# Douse")nc." Philippines.