lecture

1. Purposes/Functions of Art
Art is Communication:
Artists Create art, in order to communicate visually
and conceptually.

3. Personal Function
Artist create art to express personal feelings
Woman V
Willem de Kooning

4. Personal Function
Joan Miro’

5. Marc Chagall

7. Social Function
Artists create to reinforce a shared sense of identity
of community, or civilization
Aminah Robinson
Born 1940 (Columbus, Ohio ) painter
and children's book illustrator.
Elizabeth Catlett

8. Social Function
Cindy Sherman

9. Cindy Sherman

11. Spiritual Function
Artists create to express spiritual beliefs
Michelangelo
Pieta’
Pee-ey-tuh

12. Spiritual/Personal
Michelangelo’s David Donatello’s David
Renaissance 1501-1504
Renaissance 1430-1440

14. Physical Function
Artists create functional artwork
James Sterling
1959 Architecture- England
Native American Pottery

15. What else could be
Physical Function?

17. Educational Function
Artist create artwork to impart information
The Vision of the Holy Grail, Morris and
Company, 1890 (tapestry)

18. Native American - Folk Art

19. What is the Function?
Hint: Artwork sometimes has more than one function.

20. Hint: folktale

22. Canopic Jars

23. Paul Klee
Jeff Koons

26. Cy Twombly

28. Romare Bearden
Collage Artist