Monica Rose D.

Masana
BSE Engliish 2B North
Wallpaper

Wallpaper is a material used in interior decoration to decorate the

interior walls of domestic and public buildings. Wallpaper, using the
printmaking technique of woodcut, gained prominence in
Renaissance Europe amongst the new gentry. The social class tended
to hang large tapestries on the walls of their houses, as they did in the
Middle Ages.

Elaborate your answers on the following questions.

1. Are there differences in its function today compared to its function before?
The means of the function of wallpaper before and now doesn't have any difference. During
the 18th-century wallpaper, was used to decorate the interior part of their house, showing
different landscapes. It was deemed expensive that only the elite could afford to put
wallpaper in their houses. Other than decorative aspect wallpaper is also used to maintain
the heat inside their houses.
2. Does this art always have a function? Why?
Arts always have a function but they cannot be assigned since the function of an art form
depends on its context. And Yes, Wallpaper always have function. It was one of the selling
materials in the 18th-century on the middle-class British market. It even became a fashion in
interior design in the houses in Paris. Now in modern society, according to Google data,
wallpaper-related searches are up an average of 50 percent start of 2019 up until now. People
now using wallpaper to design the interior part of their house than paints.
3. If the art ceased to have a function, will it remain an art? Why?
In my opinion, art remains as art even after it loses the value or function. Certain artwork
may fall into different kinds of categories depends on its function. So, the day the artwork
loses its functions it will fall into the category as art only and will remain categorized as an art.
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