Visual arts can be used for ceremonial, artistic, narrative, functional, and persuasive purposes. They include fine arts like painting, sculpture, and architecture as well as applied arts involving functional object design. Art is created for aesthetics, to depict morals, for spirituality, to document history, and for political reasons. It can be displayed in museums, libraries, online, malls, offices, schools, and artist exhibits. The document concludes with a journal writing prompt asking the reader if they agree art is more popular today than ever before and to support their answer.
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Visual arts can be used for ceremonial, artistic, narrative, functional, and persuasive purposes. They include fine arts like painting, sculpture, and architecture as well as applied arts involving functional object design. Art is created for aesthetics, to depict morals, for spirituality, to document history, and for political reasons. It can be displayed in museums, libraries, online, malls, offices, schools, and artist exhibits. The document concludes with a journal writing prompt asking the reader if they agree art is more popular today than ever before and to support their answer.
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Introduction to Visual Arts
Visual Arts: unique
expressions of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and feelings presented in well- designed visual forms. Purpose of Visual Art
Ceremonial – ritual, celebration, artworks
created to support worship ceremonies
Artistic Expression – artwork to express or
communicate emotions, ideas, feeling, (for self-expression, to decorate or beautify objects Purpose of Visual Art Continued
Narrative – artworks that tell stories, describe
and illustrate experiences, or communicate information, art to document important or historical events (Lange’s photography of the Depression Era) Functional – artistic objects used in everyday life (pottery, quilts, baskets, etc.) Purpose of Visual Art Continued
Persuasive – artworks that promote ideas,
philosophies, or products ( advertising, marketing, propaganda, ideology, etc.) Various Works of Art Ralph Goings Richard Estes Nancy Graves William de Kooning Constantin Brancusi Anne Geddes Forms of Visual Arts
Fine Arts: painting, sculpture, and
architecture
Applied Arts: design or decoration of
functional objects to make them appealing Why Art is Created
Aesthetics: art created for visual appeal
– Splatter paintings Cont’d
Morals/Ethics: art depicting people and
behaviors that are considered good and noble – The Attentive Nurse Cont’d
Spirituality: Art that enables people to
connect to the spirit world OR tell stories associated with religious beliefs – , The Last Supper Cont’d
History – artworks that provide valuable
information about important people, places, and events – Guernica Cont’d
Politics: Art used as
a tool of persuasion or propaganda to convince people to adopt a certain point of view or enhance power of a ruler – Napoleon in His Study Places for Art
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