Essential understanding
Art is made for a function and purpose.
Art is made for a function and purpose.
The following playlist includes a range of videos to support the Comparative Study.
Function & Purpose of Art
All art is quite useless. -Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray
Personal functions of art include...
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Physical functions of art include...
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Cultural functions of art include...
Reinforcing social values and beliefs:
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Challenging social values and beliefs:
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Aesthetic Theories of Art
Traditional Art
Mimetic theory aka Imitationalism/ Realism
It is accurate and truthful in the way it imitates life.
Artists
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Modern Art
Formalism
Its composition/use of art elements & principles is visually unified and accomplished.
Critics
Artists
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Postmodern/ Contemporary Art
Institutional theory
It looks like something that belongs in a gallery or museum. Others refer to it as art.
Artists
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Works Cited
International Baccalaureate Organization. DP Visual Arts Guide. Cardiff: Peterson House, 2014. PDF.
Artwise I, p. 192
MacMillan, Interpreting Art
Art Insight, p. 5-
Artwise I, p. 192
MacMillan, Interpreting Art
Art Insight, p. 5-
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