ART IN SOCIAL CONTExT ADE675 7B
ART IN SOCIAL CONTExT ADE675 7B
ART IN SOCIAL CONTExT ADE675 7B
MAHANI WAHAB E-PORTFOLIO
ART IN SOCIAL CONTExT ADE675 7B
Function of Art
Art is..
A creative expression of human
imagination, which interprets, expands,
and engages life, through the eyes of the
artist.
• Used to give meaningful expression to parts
of culture: ideology, religion, relationships,
ethnic identities, politics, culture changes,
as well as patterns of everyday life.
Visual Art is..
• May represent nature, as in Livia’r
frescoes.
• May be influenced by nature, but may
choose to represent only basic patterns/or
not.
• Northwest Coast Indians of America create
stylized animal figures, which are difficult
for outsiders to identify as you see next.
Verbal Art is..
• Provides unwritten stories, beliefs, customs
• Drama, poetry, chants, proverbs, riddles,
unwritten stories/artistic traditions of rural
or indigenous peoples.
• “Folk arts” of rural culture, and “fine arts”
of the urban elite function differently.
Why Study the function of art..
• Art reflects a societies cultural ideas,
values, and concerns, either collective or
individual.
• Cross-cultural studies of art shows that it
represents different worldviews, religious
beliefs, political ideas, social values,
kinship structures, economic relations, and
historical memory.
Function of Art..
• Myths: offer explanations about the world
• Can set cultural standards for behavior.
• Transmit and preserves a culture's
customs and values through verbal art.
• May contribute to cohesiveness, solidarity,
or it may be destructive to society.
Art and Music..
• Study of music in specific cultural settings is
the specialized field of ethnomusicology.
• Human music is perceived in terms of a scale.
• Tonality refers to scale systems /
modifications.
• Traditional European music is measured into
recurrent patterns of two, three, and four
beats.
