FUNCTIONS OF ART

FUNCTIONS OF ARTS

• According to Aristotle, “every particular substance in the world

has an end, or TELOS”.
• This telos is directly linked with function (ex. Table – it
reaches/serves its telos when it is functional).
• Does art necessarily have a telos? When an artist creates a work of
art, does he have an end in mind? Do all artworks have function?
FUNCTION OF ARTS

1. Personal Function
2. Economic Function
3. Political Function
4. Historical Function
5. Cultural Function
6. Religious Function
7. Physical Function
8. Aesthetic Function
PERSONAL

• - its function depends on the person – the artist.

• - need for self-expression
• - form of entertainment
• - therapeutic, de-stressing, relaxation
ECONOMIC FUNCTION

Any art production will definitely involve money. Reproduction on any art
works that would still become highest paid, or even the reproduction of songs
by great singers like Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston will gain millions
of dollars. Film industries like The Hobbit Trilogy spent millions of dollars for
the production. J.K. Rowling, the author of the best selling Harry Potter series,
became one of the most highly paid woman in British history.
POLITICAL FUNCTION

Using visual images that portrays change was the defining functions of art in
the 20th Century. Art movement flourish during the modern period because they
wanted to erase cultural differences in order to produce new universal values
with regards to art.
HISTORICAL FUNCTIONS

Paintings, sculptures, architectural works, and other art forms serve to record
historical figures and events.
CULTURAL FUNCTION

Tangilble representations of one culture like architectural structures like

buildings, sculpture, like furniture and intangible representations like music,
dance, and language or literary piece from part of a nation’s culture. These
cultural representations through art forms serves as a channels to share and
transmit from one generation to another generation.
RELIGIOUS FUNCTION

Artforms like architecture, music, dance and sculpture play an important role
in one cultural spirituality. People in the past worshipped their gods through
sculptures with music and dance. Nowadays, people are gathered in an
architectural structure like churches, arenas and other venues to worship and
they incorporate music and dance.
AESTHETIC FUNCTION

Beautification adds appeal and excitement like displays of paintings in an

empty area on the wall. Interior design in the newly renovated National
Museum is the breath taking experience of beauty. Fashion always aims for
beauty that is appealing to the eye. Film industries, Opera’s and Theater
provide extravagant and beautiful props and costumes for its realistic impact.
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TO BE CONTINUED…