Lesson2 1
Lesson2 1
Lesson2 1
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of this discussion, the students are expected to:
Discussion:
2. Art is cultural
Functions of Art
The seven functions of art are:
Art represents something. When an artist uses signs and symbols to take
the place of something else, he is using art as a representation of such signs
and symbols. It is through representation that people organize the world and
reality through the act of naming its elements. Signs and symbols are
arranged in order to form semantic constructions and express relations with
the other things.
Immanuel Kant's main interest was not in art per se, but in Beauty in the
Sublime. Kant being an Enlightenment writer thought that beauty or sublimity
were not really properties of objects, but ways in which respond to objects.
Kant pointed out that what he meant by Beauty is the Form of the Beautiful
but about Taste. Kant's concern is not on subjective aesthetic response but
on the function of individual or personal taste. He claimed that judgment of
taste are both subjective and universal.
He said that aesthetic universals are subjective because they are
responses of pleasure and do not essentially involve any claim about
properties of the object itself. On the other hand, aesthetic judgment is
universal because it is not merely personal but also, it is disinterested.
4. Art as an Escape
According to Allen Weinstein, without mental escape, we build up a lot
of anxiety within ourselves. Artists have to get rid of this anxiety and pressure
because if we keep these worries and anxieties within our mind. they will
come out in the form of anger and even hatred. Unfortunately, such anger
and hatred are often taken out on the wrong people.
According to Señeres and others (2008), the artists works of art reveal
the emotional outburst that has been kept for many years in their mind. The
only way to take out such tension is through painting, dancing, music, and
other art forms. They are a cathartic solutions to one's anxiety and life's
difficulties. Likewise, the awareness that these works of art created among
the viewers may also lead to a positive or negative emotional reaction.
5. Art as Functional
Reference:
Ariola, Mariano M. (2018) Art Appreciation. Intramuros, Manila: Unlimited Books
Library Services & Publishing Inc.