de Beaufort AA ch2

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Purposes of Art

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Purposes of Art
• Daily Use
• Delight
• Communication
• Expression
• Religion
• Politics

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Art for Daily Use
Designing for Everyday
George Nakashima. Conoid Chair.
1971.
Black walnut and hickory.
Eva Zeisel. Sauce Boat with Ladle.
c.1949–50.
Glazed earthenware

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Art for Daily Use
Embellishment
Resist-dyed cloth (adire eleko). Mid-
twentieth century.
Indigo dye on cotton
Frank Lloyd Wright. Barnsdall House,
Los Angeles. 1919–1921.
Hollyhock Flower

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Art for Visual Delight
Aesthetics
• Branch of philosophy that studies how
and why artworks are considered
beautiful
“Beautiful”
• Something pleasing to the eye and
agreeable to the mind Varies across
cultures
Idealism
• Beauty found in something that is ideal
or close to perfection
Charioteer sculpture
• Balance and quiet dignity
Charioteer. c.470 BCE.
Bronze. Height 5’ 11”.

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Art for Communicating
Information
Storytelling
• Personal
• Moral
• Historical
Titian. Bacchus and Ariadne. 1520–3.
Oil on canvas. 5’9” × 6’3”.

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Some art tells stories of everyday life
• Help broaden perspective
• Show how others live
Carrie Mae Weems. Man Reading
Newspaper from The Kitchen Table
Series. 1990.
Photograph.

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Abraham Cruzvillegas. Autoconstrucción Suites. 2013.
Installation view at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

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Commentary
• Artists often speak in a language that
is easy to understand
William Hogarth. Gin Lane. 1751.
Etching and engraving. Plate: 14-1/4” ×
12”.
Exposes the horrors of excess

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Art for Public and Personal
Expression
Commemoration
Many monuments in ancient world
had a commemorative function
Taj Mahal. Agra, India. 1632–48.
Mazzzur

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Maya Lin. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Mall, Washington D.C. 1980–82.
Black granite. Each wall 10’1” × 246’9”.

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Self-Expression
Personality
Feelings
Worldview
Frida Kahlo. The Broken Column. 1944.
Oil on canvas. 15-11/16” × 12-1/16”.

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Wassily Kandinsky. Composition VI. 1913.
Oil on canvas. 76-3/4” × 118”.

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Art for the Spirit
Worship and Ritual
Buildings intended for gathering also
visually striking
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris.
Upper chapel, interior view.

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Spirituality
Contemporary spirituality takes many forms
Shirazeh Houshiary, Ancient Light. 2009.
Pencil, aquacryl, and pigment on canvas. 74-3/4” × 106-1/4”.

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Art for Political Purposes
Protest
Artists involving themselves in the
politics of the day
Rodney McMillian. Untitled (The
Supreme Court Painting). 2004–2006.
Protests against court decisions on
voting rights and election districting

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Käthe Kollwitz. The Outbreak. From the series The Peasants’ War. 1903.
Etching, engraving, and aquatint on paper

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Käthe Kollwitz
Series of prints encouraged workers
and peasants to protest and struggle
Controversial but reputation grew
among artists
Nazis forbid her from exhibiting in
public
Kollwitz continued to make prints