Functions Of Art And Philosophy Flashcards
(22 cards)
Is the kind of art form that the population is most likely more exposed to, but its variations are so diverse they range from sculptures that you see in art galleries to the last movie you saw.
Visual arts
refers to the art of putting together successions of still images in order to create an illusion of movement,
Film
a live art and the artist’s medium is mainly the human body which he or she uses to perform, but also employs other kind of art such as visual art, props, or sound.
Performance art
an art form where the artist expresses his emotions not by using paint, charcoal, or camera, but expresses them through words.
Poetry performance
is the art of designing and constructing buildings and other types of structures.
It is often referred to as the “mother of the arts” because it houses, serves as background for, or occurs in relation to other fields of art.
Architecture
series of movements that follows the rhythm of the music accompaniment.
Dance
The art of making dances
Choreography
goes beyond the usual professional, academic, journalistic, and other technical form of writing. It focuses on writing using a unique style, not following a specific form or norm.
Literary art
uses live performers to present accounts or imaginary events before a live audience.
Theater art
incorporate elements of style and design to everyday items with the aim of increasing their aesthetical value.
Applied arts
Function: art can be and is used as this for individuals with a variety of illnesses, both physical and mental.
As a Therapy
Function: A product of a particular time and place, an artwork represents the ideas and technology of that specific time and place.
As artifact
Function: This means that its function depend on the person- the artist who created the art.
Personal function
Function: when it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest. Political art is a very common example
Social function
Function: easiest to spot and understand. Can be found in artworks that are crafted in order to serve some physical purpose.
Physical function
refers to the visual focus or the image that may be extracted from examining the artwork.
Subject
the meaning that is communicated by the artist or the artwork.
Content
Types of subject: These types of art have subjects that refer to object or events occurring in the real world. Often, it is also termed figurative art, because as the name suggest, the figures depicted are easy to makes out and decipher.
Representational art
Types of subject: This art does not make a reference to the real world, whether it is a person, place, thing, or even a particular event. It is stripped down to visual elements such as shapes, lines, emotion, and even concept.
Non-representational art
Content in art: pertains to the most rudimentary level of meaning for it may be extracted from the identifiable or recognizable forms in the artwork and understanding how these elements relate to one another.
Factual
Content in art: meaning, on the other hand, pertains to the acknowledged interpretation of the artwork using motifs, signs, symbols and other cyphers as bases of its meaning.
Conventional
Content in art: These meanings stem from the viewer’s or audience’s circumstances that come into play when engaging with art.
Subjective