RAYMUNDO, CHRYSS S.

B2022
ART APPRECIATION

1. WHAT ARE FINE ARTS FOCUSED TOWARD?

- fine art is made primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative
art or applied art, which also must
serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork.

2. WHAT ARE SOME FUNCTIONS OF ART?

- There are five common functions of art: Personal, Social, Spiritual, Educational and Political.

Personal function: to express personal feelings. Perhaps the artist wanted to remind viewers of
personal family tragedy, or perhaps he just wanted to tell them to appreciate what they had, and
to live each day as if it were their last.

Social function: to reinforce and enhance the shared sense of identity of those in family,
community, or civilization, for example, festive occasions, parades, dances, uniforms, important
holidays or events.

Spiritual function: to express spiritual beliefs about the destiny of life controlled by the force of a
higher power.

Educational function: symbols and signs to illustrate knowledge not given in words

Political function: to reinforce and enhance a sense of identity and ideological connection to
specific political views, parties and/or people.

3. WHAT IS THE AESTHETIC FUNCTION OF ART?

- On Iseminger's view, the function of the practice of art (the artworld) is to promote what he
calls ‘aesthetic communication’. While aesthetic communication can take place in a variety of
ways, in art it always involves the production of an artefact aimed at and productive of
appreciation. This appreciation is said to be aesthetic appreciation, which Iseminger understands
to be just the second-order state of valuing an experience for its own sake. Iseminger emphasizes
that the function applies to the practice of art as an institution, and not to the function per se of
every particular work of art.

4. WHAT ARE THE TWO GENERAL DIMENSIONS OF ARTS?

- The two most fundamental dimensions, length and height, are used in at least two ways by
works of art. Technically, you could make a piece of art that simply makes use of length or
height, but you could discover that it has a significantly lower visual impact.