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Four Traditional roles of art Four traditional roles of the artist
As defined by Henry M. Sayre in his book, A World of Art
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To Record the world Keeping a Historical Record
History can be recorded visually. Much of the ancient art was made when people were illiterate.
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Autun Cathedral, Last Judgment, West tympanum, c. 1130, Autun Cathedral
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To Giving form to feelings
Giving Form to Intangibles Art makes emotions, and experiences, more visible.
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Auguste Rodin, The Thinker in The Gates of Hell, c. 1917
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Francis Bacon, Study for the Head of a Screaming Pope, 1952
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To Reveal hidden truths
A skilled artist can bring out hidden or obscure truths. Picasso’s Guernica is a great example of revealing the suffering of the massacre at Guernica in 1937.
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PABLO Picasso, Guernica, 1937
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To Help us see the world in a new Innovative way
An artist sees the same things as others, but interprets them in an innovative way.
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