Functions and

Principles of
Art
Assumptions of Art

1. Art is Universal; Anything can be a medium

for Art
2. Art is Not Nature; Art is a product of human
creativity
3. Art is a product of Experience; Artists
Experience
 Functions of Art

PERSONAL FUNCTIONS SOCIAL FUNCTIONS PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS

Personal
Functions

• Functions depends on the

person; the artist who
created the art. (self-
expression)
Social Functions of
Art
• It is considered as a social function if and when it
addresses a particular collective interest as
opposed to a personal interest
• Art may convey message of protest, contestation,
or whatever the artist intends his work to carry.
Physical Function
of Art
• Art found in artworks that
are crafted in order to
serve some physical
purpose.
Does Art Always be
Functional?
 Art as Imitation

Art as Representation
Philosophical
Perspectives
Art as Disinterested Judgment
on Art
Art as a Communication of
Emotion
Art is Imitation
• When one ascribes beauty to
another person, he refers to an
imperfect beauty that
participates only the form of
beauty in the World of Forms.
Art is
Representation
• Aristotle, the classic philosopher,
states that “art is an imitation of
another imitation”; thus art as
representing possible version of
reality
Art as a Disinterested
Judgment

• “Art is a Judgment of Beauty”; Immanuel

Kant

- Art being something universal yet

subjective; he believes that art is innately
autonomous from specific interest.
Art as a
Communication of
Emotion
• Art is served as a Language, a
communication device that
articulates feelings and
emotions that are otherwise
unavailable to the audience.