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What is Art?

Its Purpose and


Its Function
What is Art?

• Art (art), n. 1. the quality, production, or


expression of what is
beautiful, appealing, or of more than
ordinary significance
• Work of art = visual expression of an idea
• Medium = a particular material, along
with its accompanying technique (plural =
media)
Popular Media
• Paint media
– Acrylic, Enamel, Gesso, Glaze, Ink, Oil, Tempera,
Waterc
olor
– Used on: Canvas, Cloth, Glass, Metal, Paper, Wood
• Drawing media
– Chalk pastel, Charcoal, Colored pencil, Marker, Oil
pastel, Pen and ink
• Sculpture materials
– Beads, Clay, Found
objects, Jewels, Marble, Metals, Papier-
mache, Plaster, Plastic, Sand, Stone, Textile, Wax, Wire,
Wood
Purposes and Functions of Art
• Communicating
information
– In non-literate
societies, art was used
for teaching
– Today, photography, fil
m & television are
used for disseminating
information
Purposes and Functions of Art
• Spiritual
Sustenance
– All of the world’s
major religions
have used art to
inspire and
instruct the faith
Purposes and Functions of Art

• Personal & Cultural


Expression
Purposes and Functions of Art

• Social & Political Purposes


– Artist have criticized or influenced values or
public
opinion
– Often it is clear & direct
– Other times, it is less obvious
• Monarchs who commissioned projects to symbolize
their strength & power
Social & Political Influences
Paul Revere Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansar
The Bloody Massacre perpetrated in King
Street, Boston, Massachusetts. 1770. Engraving. Palais de Versailles, Versailles, France. 1668-85.
Source
Art History Starter Kit and Methodology Magister Ricard
Somerset Academy 2009-2010

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