Does art always have

a function?

IF AN ARTWORK DID NOT HAVE A

FUNCTION, CAN IT BE CALLED AN
ART?
Compared to other activities
of man, Art is generally
regarded as impractical

Not meant to meet the

requirements of day-to-day
living.
LAYMAN:

 FUNCTION MEANS “PRACTICAL

USEFULNESS”
Art is classified according to their usefulness such as:

Functional art
Non-functional art
Functional Art
Examples:

Architecture,weaving,furniture-
making and other crafts that have
obvious purposes.
 Non-functional Art
Arts that serve no other end than to amuse or provide a
pleasant escape from life’s daily problem.
Ex:

Painting,sculpture,literature,
music, theater arts.
 GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF
ARTFUNCTIONS
1.PERSONAL

 RELEASES TENSION
THERAPEUTIC VALUE
DEFENSE AGAINST THE MANY UNPLEASANT SOUND/SIGHTS
EDUCATE OUR SENSES
SHARPENS OUR PERCEPTION(colors,textures,lines.etc..)
intensified awareness of the beautiful in life

Makes us aware of other ways of

thinking, feeling and imagining

Offers fresh insights into nature.

2.Social Functions
Influencing Social Behavior
(it influence the way we think or act)
Display and Celebration
Social Description
(may present historical pictures,etc..)
3.PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS
Objects that makes our lives physically comfortable.

Forms and function

Architecture
Community planning
Function and beauty
 Philosophical Import of Art
Philosophy of art is the study of the nature of
art including concepts such as interpretation,
representation and expression, and form.

 It is closely related to aesthetics, the

philosophical study of beauty and taste.
 It is closely related to aesthetics, the
philosophical study of beauty and taste.
The three (3) philosophical
import of art are :

artistic integrity,
 proportion
 radiance or clarity.
 Artistic integrity

 theability to omit an unacceptable level of

opposing, disrupting, and corrupting values that would
otherwise alter an artist’s or entities’ original vision in a
manner that violates their own preconceived aesthetic
standards and personal values.

It is often academically studied under the greater umbrella of

personal integrity.
 
Proportion in art refers to the dimensions of a
composition and relationships between height,
width and depth.

How proportion is used will affect how

realistic or stylized something seems.

It also describes how the sizes of

different parts of a piece of art and design
relate to each other.
 It is also the relationship of two or more
elements in a composition and how they
compare to one another with respect to size,
color, quantity, degree, setting, etc; i. e .ratio.

When two or more elements are put together

in a painting, a relationship is created.
Radiance or clarity signifies the luminosity that
emanates from a beautiful object, which initially
seizes the attention of the beholder.

This trait is closely related to the medieval

notions concerning light.
It belongs to being considered precisely as
beautiful: it is, in being, that which catches the
eye, or the ear, or the mind, and makes us want to
perceive it.
It is a bit more difficult to pinpoint than the
other standards.