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FUNCTIONS OF ART
Art’s general function is to satisfy our individual needs for personal expression, our social needs for display, celebration,
and communication and our physical needs for utilitarian objects and structures.
1. PERSONAL FUNCTION
a. Art makes individual aware of others ways of thinking, feeling, and imagining that have never occurred to
him/her before.
b. It offers one fresh insights into nature and human nature so that he/she gains a better understanding of
himself/herself and the world around him/her.
c. Art helps an individual to improve his/ her life.
2. SOCIAL FUNCTION
a. It seeks or tends to influence the collective behavior of people.
b. It is created to be seen or used primarily in public situations.
c. It expresses or describes social or collective aspects of existence as opposed to individual and personal kinds of
experiences.
3. PHYSICAL FUNCTION
The forms and structures of art make one to live his/her life comfortably.
NATURE OF ART
1. ART IS EVERYWHERE
Art is part of one’s life. He/she cannot ignore its presence even if he/she tries to.
TYPES OF BEAUTY
Ideal Beauty
- One finds from objects or scenes in nature which conforms or approximate to his idea of how beauty
should be made or formed, which expectation is the result of man’s accumulated knowledge or total
aesthetic experiences.
- Example: Tree, Rainbow
Real Beauty
- A type of beauty which conforms to the general expectations of man in a particular society, period and
culture according to subject, function or genre that it represents.
- Example: Gloria Diaz, the Philippines’ First Miss Universe (Beauty, tact & intelligence)
Natural Beauty
- A type of beauty as found in nature (not man-made)
- Objects which exhibits manifestations that there has been no intervention made by man.
- Example: Sierra Cave, Peñablanca; Hundred Islands, Pangasinan
Artificial Beauty
- A type of beauty realized the moment man tries to make some changes in nature in order to realize some
concept, atmosphere or mood.
- Example: Barbie, Cinderella
Decorative Beauty
- The type of beauty that is realized from the actual physical or material presence of the work of art.
- It refers to the decorative function of the work of art that helps beautify the place.
- Example: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics like Vase, Jar or Pot, or a furniture
Spiritual Beauty
- A type of beauty discerned from works of art where in subjects are about religion, or beauty found in noble
and virtuous life.
- Example: the image of Our Lady of Piat, the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the image of
Saint Louis
Intellectual Beauty
- A type of beauty that is discerned after giving due consideration to points or elements or a meaning found
beyond the surface or composition’s observable features
- Example: Painted Window by Phyllis Zaballero
A. ACCORDING TO PURPOSE
Liberal Arts
- Involves the development of man’s intellectual reasoning
- Example: Mathematics, Astronomy, Grammar
Fine Arts
- Are the products of human creative activity as they express beauty in different ways and media for
the satisfaction and relaxation of man’s mind and spirit
- Example: painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Major Arts
- Are characterized by their actual and potential expressiveness and by a purely disinterested purpose
- Example: Music, Poetry, Sculpture
Minor Arts
- Are works connected with practical uses and purposes
- Example: Interior decoration, Porcelain art
Plastic Arts
- Are developed through space and perceived by the sense of sight
- Example: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Phonetic Arts
- Are based on sounds and words as media of expression
- Example: Music, Drama, Literature
Kinetic Arts
- Make use of rhythmic movement as the elements of expression
- Example: Dance
Pure Arts
- Utilize only one medium of expression
- Example: Sound in music, Color in painting
Mixed Arts
- Use two or more media
- Example: Opera (Music, Drama, Poetry)