hat is an

ART ?

Art is “human ingenuity

in adapting natural

things to man’s use.”

(Webster)

Art comes from

the word “ars”

which means skill.

It is synonymous with

skill, cunning, artifice, and

craft, which all mean the

faculty of what is devised.

•Skill stresses technical knowledge

and proficiency.

•Cunning suggests ingenuity and

subtlety in devising, inventing, or

executing.

•Artifice suggests mechanical skill

especially in imitating things in

nature.

•Craft may imply expertness in

workmanship and guile in attaining

one’s end.

FUNCTIONS OF

ART

•Personal or Individual Function

Artists have their personal reasons

for indulging in art.

e.g. The poet, Edwin Markham,

wrote the poem “The Man with the

Hoe” because he was inspired by

the painting of a farmer that he had

seen earlier.

Don McLean Lyrics

"Vincent“

Starry, starry nightPaint your palette blue and gray

Look out on a summer's dayWith eyes that know the darkness in my soul

Shadows on the hillsSketch the trees and the daffodils

Catch the breeze and the winter chillsIn colors on the snowy linen land

DONMCLEAN

Others do their thing because of

their passion for their respective art

forms.

e.g. Gary Valenciano renders

concerts for free because he loves

singing.

•Social Function

Man is a social being and as such he

associates with his fellow beings.

•Economic Function

Many people believe that it does not

pay to be an artist. However, this

belief is negated by these facts.

“Camote Diggers”- Carlos “Botong” Francisco (PHP 22,192,000)

“Lavanderas”- Fernando Amorsolo (Php 21,500,000)

•Political Function

When Imelda Romualdez-Marcos, a

patroness of the arts became the

Governor of Metro Manila, she

promoted her political programs by

means of the arts.

Cultural center of The

Philippines

(CCP)

Philippine International Convention Center

•Historical Function

Paintings, sculptures, architectural

works, and other art forms serve to

record historical figures and events.

Luneta

OUR LADY OF

EDSA

•Cultural Function

Buildings, furniture (chairs, table,

etc.), clothes, and the like form part

of the country’s material culture.

•Religious Function

Almost all, if not all, art forms

evolved from religion. People in

olden times worshipped their Gods

in the form of songs and dances.

The earliest dramatic

forms were religious in

nature.

PYRAMID

OF GIZA

MAUSOLEUM OF ROME

Great Mosque

of Kairouan

PARTHENON

•Physical Function

Houses and other buildings are

constructed to protect their

occupants and all others inside

them.

There is no substitute to the

ecstatic feeling one

experiences after having

completed a work of art.

•Aesthetic Function

Artworks serve to beautify.

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