Purposes of Art
Ⅰ. A vehicle for religious ritual
● The
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: primary patron of artists
● Traditional societies: religious or
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Ⅱ. A(n)
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of an important event
● Major historical event: e.g. coronation
● Important event to the participants: e.g. a(n)
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or a baptism
Ⅲ. Propaganda or social commentary
● Purpose of propaganda:
to persuade people to accept beliefs,
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, or follow leaders
● Purpose of social commentary: to make people be more aware of the
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as the artist perceives it
Ⅳ. Recording of visual data or telling the "truth"
● New ways of capturing
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after the Renaissance
- Linear perspective
- Oil painting technique
● Artists challenged the basic idea of what it is for an image to be true and real
Ⅴ. Pleasing the eye or creating beauty
● In the past: art is the
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of perfection, the lofty and noble ideals of beauty
● Modem era: The notion of beauty is
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Ⅵ. A powerful means of
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● A(n)
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of religious art of the Middle ages
- The frescoes by Giotto
- Norman Rockwell: tell powerful and subtle stories about
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people and events
Ⅶ. Conveying intense
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● Capturing the facial expression and body language
● Certain religious art
● The works of expressionists
Ⅷ. The
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of the subject matter
● Subject matter has changed little
● Media used have changed little
● Interpretation of
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subject matter has changed as society has changed