Art comes from the Latin word "ars" meaning skill or craft. It refers to human ingenuity and technical proficiency in adapting the natural world for human use. Art serves many functions including personal expression, social interaction, economic benefits, political purposes, recording history, furthering culture and religion, providing shelter, and enhancing aesthetics. The document discusses these various functions of art and provides examples like paintings, buildings, and performances that fulfill different roles for individuals and societies.

3. hat is an
ART ?

4. Art is “human ingenuity
in adapting natural
things to man’s use.”
(Webster)

5. Art comes from
the word “ars”
which means skill.

6. It is synonymous with
skill, cunning, artifice, and
craft, which all mean the
faculty of what is devised.

7. •Skill stresses technical knowledge
and proficiency.

8. •Cunning suggests ingenuity and
subtlety in devising, inventing, or
executing.

9. •Artifice suggests mechanical skill
especially in imitating things in
nature.

10. •Craft may imply expertness in
workmanship and guile in attaining
one’s end.

11. FUNCTIONS OF
ART

12. •Personal or Individual Function
Artists have their personal reasons
for indulging in art.

13. 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.

16. Don McLean Lyrics
"Vincent“
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

17. DON
MCLEAN

18. 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.

25. •Social Function
Man is a social being and as such he
associates with his fellow beings.

31. •Economic Function
Many people believe that it does not
pay to be an artist. However, this
belief is negated by these facts.

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

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

38. •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.

39. Cultural center of The
Philippines
(CCP)

40. Philippine International Convention Center

41. •Historical Function
Paintings, sculptures, architectural
works, and other art forms serve to
record historical figures and events.

42. Luneta

43. OUR LADY OF
EDSA

46. •Cultural Function
Buildings, furniture (chairs, table,
etc.), clothes, and the like form part
of the country’s material culture.

47. •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.

49. The earliest dramatic
forms were religious in
nature.

50. PYRAMID
OF GIZA

51. MAUSOLEUM OF ROME

52. Great Mosque
of Kairouan

53. PARTHENON

54. •Physical Function
Houses and other buildings are
constructed to protect their
occupants and all others inside
them.

56. There is no substitute to the
ecstatic feeling one
experiences after having
completed a work of art.

57. •Aesthetic Function
Artworks serve to beautify.

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