2-Philosophical Foundations of Art

Question 1

FUNCTIONS OF ART

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personal function
social function
physical function
music

Question 2

Function of art that is varied and highly subjective. This means that its functions depend on the person-the artist who created the art.

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personal function

Question 3

They may also be pleased to represent the world, and they develop a certain satisfaction from doing so.

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personal function

Question 4

addresses a particular collective interest as
opposed to a personal interest

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social function

Question 5

a very common example of an art with a social function

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political art

Question 6

Art can also depict social conditions
such as __________ (pictures of poverty)

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photography

Question 7

social function examples

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protests, rallies

Question 8

Remembering by

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Ai Weiwei

Question 9

can be found in artworks that are crafted to serve some physical purpose

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physical function

Question 10

Architecture, jewelry-making, and even
interior design are all forms of arts that
have the

Answer 10

physical function

Question 11

• original form was principally functional
• used for dance and religion

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music

Question 12

was also essential to dance because it assures synchronicity among dancers

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music

Question 13

music that has no connection to dance or religion

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serenade

Question 14

PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ART

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art as an imitation
art as a reflection of society
art as a disinterested judgement
art as a communication of emotion

Question 15

the things in this world are only copies of the original, the eternal, and the true entities that can only be found in the _________

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world of forms
ART AS AN IMMITATION

Question 16

According to ___________ , the
things in this world are only copies of the
original, the eternal, and the true entities
that can only be found in the World of Forms

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Plato
ART AS AN IMMITATION

Question 17

Plato was deeply suspicious of arts and
artists for two reasons:

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They appeal to the emotion rather to the
rational faculty of men.

They imitate rather than lead one to reality.

Question 18

rouses emotions and feelings and
thus, clouds rationality of people

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poetry

Question 19

an imitation of imitation

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art

Question 20

defends art by saying that in the
appreciation of art the viewer receives a certain “cognitive value” from the experience

His famous example compares poetry to the study of
history

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aristotle

Question 21

______ is more philosophical and
higher thing than ______

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poetry
history

Question 22

______ tends to express the universal

______ the particular

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poetry
history

Question 23

Aristotle argues that ________ is only concerned with specific instances while ________ deals with “basic human, and therefore universal, experience.”

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history
poetry

Question 24

in his Critique of Judgement, considered the judgement of beauty, the cornerstone of art, as something than can be universal despite its subjectivity.

recognized that judgement of beauty is
subjective

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Immanuel Kant
ART AS A DISINTERESTED JUDGEMENT

Question 25

According to _______, art plays a huge role in communication with its audience’s emotions that the artist previously experienced.

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Leo Tolstoy ART AS A COMMUNICATION OF EMOTION

Question 26

Art then serves as a _______; a communication device that articulates feelings and emotions that are otherwise unavailable to the audience.

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language

Question 27

Making an aesthetic judgement require us to be disinterested. we should try to go beyond our individual tastes and preferences so that we can appreciate art from a universal standpoint.

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ART AS A DISINTERESTED JUDGEMENT