Purposes OF VISUAL ARTS

PURPOSES OF VISUAL ARTS

I CAN EXPLAIN HOW ART

FULFILLS A VARIETY OF PURPOSES

“GREAT ART REVEALS THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE THAT

PRODUCED IT.” – LEWIS & LEWIS, THE POWER OF ART

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ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

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CEREMONIALArtworks created to support worship ceremonies (rituals and celebrations).

Sand MandalaIlluminated Manuscripts

ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONArtworks to express or communicate emotions, ideas, feelings, or to decorate objects.

Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians,1921

Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory, 1931

NARRATIVEArtworks that tell stories, describe and illustrate experiences, communicate information, or document historical events.

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, 1423Dorothea Lange, Migrant

Mother, 1936

FUNCTIONAL Artistic objects used in everyday life

PERSUASIVEArtworks that promote ideas, philosophies, or products.

J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It, 1918

CEREMONIALArtworks created to support worship ceremonies (rituals and celebrations).

ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONArtworks to express or communicate emotions, ideas, feelings, or to decorate objects.

NARRATIVEArtworks that tell stories, describe and illustrate experiences, communicate information, or document historical events.

FUNCTIONAL Artistic objects used in everyday life

PERSUASIVEArtworks that promote ideas, philosophies, or products.

PLEASE SELECT THE CORRECT

ARTISTIC PURPOSE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING

IMAGES.

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PERSUASIVE Salvador Dali, The Persistence

of Memory, 1931

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Dorothea Lange, Japanese American Children Pledging

Allegiance, 1942

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James Montgomery Flagg, I Want You, 1916-1917

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PERSUASIVE Leonardo daVinci, The Last

Supper, 1495-98

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PERSUASIVE Claude Monet, House of

Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through The Fog,

1904

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PERSUASIVE Robert Raughenburg,

Monogram, 1955-9

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Sir John Everett Millais , Spring (Apple Bloossoms),

1859