Art and Society

With the wings of art , society

travels into the unknown
realms of truth and beauty .
In the storms of chaos and
confusion, conflict and
dissonance , it becomes the
anchor for society .
 “An artist by virtue of his
heightened approach subtracts
the darkness of negativity and
provides a window to let in light
and freshness”
Cooley
 RELIGION
ART AND SOCIETY are
the two rails of the
RITUAL ladder that leads
human consciousness
ART to the unknown and
SOCIETY
LITERATURE
unexpressed realms of
truth . Rituals,
religion, literature,
PHILOSOPHY
philosophy ,science
and the social pathos
are the steps that join
SCIENCE
the two.

Social Pathos
 Art and Ritual
Art was born as a ritual.

Catal Huyuk , Turkey 6000 BC

Hunting Scene,
Sweden

Sociologists have put

forward a theory according
to which animals and group
hunting scenes were drawn
on the walls of the cave as a
part of the ritual that
helped the cavemen to
hunt better . Killing the
animal in the painting ,
helped him conquer his
fears in reality .

African Rock Art, Northern Cape

Dogon Tribe , Mali
Mask, a mystical expression of
the prehistoric man
 Art and Religion
Religion was the first cradle of art.
“An artist can appreciate the Great Creator Allah
better than any other human being by virtue
of his sensibility and disinterested approach.”
Akbar
Standing Buddha from Mathura
Gupta ,late 4th and 5th century
Jain Iconography
Kalpsutra
“Rational and Emotional are the two important aspect of
human consciousness. Too much of emotion is like a
marshy land and too much of rationalism is like a desert.
One needs to find a balance to get a fertile
consciousness.”
Aristotle
 Steve Jobs’ Unplanned Encounters
Steve Jobs saw many upheavals in his professional life but even
then he could create the world’s most valuable company “Apple
Inc ”.He was of the view that unplanned encounters and
collaborations can inculcate the true creativity among people.
He designed the Pixar Building
to enable people to get out of their offices
and mingle with one another.
He hated formal
presentations but loved
freewheeling Face to Face meetings.
“ Leonardo Da Vinci was like a man who awoke too early in the
darkness while others were all still asleep.”

Sigmund Freud
 Art and Philosophy

Art enables man to come out

of the narrowness of ego and
be a part universal
consciousness.
It takes man from mundane to
divine enabling him to attain
the selfless state, the highest
level of consciousness
The color of the mountain are those of the
Buddha and that murmuring of the mountain
stream is His voice.
Flower Sermon
 EVAN BLACKWELL
 
Unconscious melt:
Evan Blackwell took all his straws and fused them
together with heat to create a melting masterpiece he
named “Unconscious Melt.”
 

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Persistence of Memory by Dali
 Social Pathos

Artist by virtue of his sensitivity and

imagination have amplified pathos of social
tragedies and human misfortunes. He thus
can play the role of a reformer and can best
reflect the true pathos of humanity .
Guernica  by Pablo Picasso
3rd of May ,Goya
Dying ‘Inayat Khan, by Govardhan, Jahangir period, 1618
Journey’s End , Abaindranath Tagore
 Art and Literature
Art is the universal language .
Therefore it could project the essence of those
human emotions which literature intended to
highlighted .
Death of Socrates, David
Liberty Leading the People , Delacroix
Napoleon crossing the
Alps
Jacques Louis David
 CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
 Art and War
 Dada was born out of negative reaction to the horrors
of World War 1 . Dada rejected reason and logic, prizing
nonsense, irrationality and intuition
 Functions of Art
Art and Social Change
Art can impact upon social innovation through creating new
perspectives and ways of seeing the world .Experiences in Art lend
'voice' to the 'voiceless‘ and rhythm to the stammering steps of society.

Arts and Sustainability

Art plays a uniquely transformational role in offering emotionally based

experiences that impact upon how participants view global futures .

Art and Value

The most important value of man is his originality , subjectivity and
expression .Art cannot be the value of those who are devoid of these
virtues.
 2010 UN Summit on Millennium
Development Goals 
Art is an essential component of
• human development
• a source of identity
• innovation
• creativity for the individual and the
community".