This document discusses the various purposes of art, including expressing personal feelings, reinforcing social bonds, expressing spiritual beliefs, creating functional objects, and educating. It also defines key elements of a work of art, such as the subject, composition through organizing design principles, and intended content or message.

1. THE LANGUAGE OF ART

2. Purposes of Art- Personal

3. Purposes of Art- Personal
Art created to express personal feelings and
emotions

4. Purposes of Art- Social

5. Purposes of Art- Social
Art created for the purpose of reinforcing the idea
of family and community

6. Purposes of Art- Spiritual

7. Purposes of Art- Spiritual
Art created to express spiritual beliefs or ideas of
the existence of a higher power

8. Purposes of Art- Physical

9. Purposes of Art- Physical
Artists and craftspeople constantly invent new
and interesting functional art

10. Purposes of Art- Educational

11. Purposes of Art- Educational
Art produced to instruct, inform and educate

12. The Work Of Art

13. The Work Of Art
The Subject: is
the image viewers
can easily identify
in a work of art. For
example: people,
objects, places or
events

14. The Work Of Art

15. The Work Of Art
The
Composition:
the way the principles
have been used to
organize the elements
of art

16. The Work Of Art

17. The Work Of Art
The Content: the
message the work
intends to
communicate