1. Humanities Schedule Today – Purposes of art Thursday – Elements of art
Friday – Club Day – Supplemental video
Monday – Finish Elements – Elements project
Tuesday – finish elements project and turn in before the end of class
Wednesday – The value of art
Thursday & Friday – Principles of design

2. The Five Purposes of Art
Why artists do what they do best

3. Ceremonial
Observe ritual
Celebration
Commemoration

4. Artistic expression Express or communicate emotion, feelings, or ideas
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893

5. Functional
Create artistic objects used in everyday lives

6. Persuasive
Promote ideas or products – advertising, marketing, propaganda, ideology

7. Narrative
Tell stories, describe/illustrate experiences, communicate ideas or information, document historical events

8. Beyond the 5 purposes
Humans have a need to create and interact with art
Art is a tool for social education and moral enlightenment
Provides the means for understanding that goes beyond our normal methods of thinking
“A picture is worth a thousand words”

9. Art and Morality
Throughout history, art has been closely linked to religion and philosophy
Many have and still argue that the highest purpose of art is to enforce and teach about religion

10. Art and beauty
Art is often seen as a means of controlling composition, flow, form, weight, balance, color, depth, etc. to produce something that is beautiful
Beauty is very subjective – “ugly” art coulkd be considered a beautiful representation of the grotesque

11. Art as a Human Artifact
Art serves as a human record, as does other records such as literature, music, drama, etc.
It represents what is significant to societies such as freedom, justice, peace, comfort, etc.
Artists address human concerns and allow the public to interact with their creations

12. The reality of Art’s Purpose
It is completely subjective (relies on your opinion of what you see)
Art can serve many purposes simultaneously
Art can be anything because every piece of art speaks to someone

13. Summary
Take a few minutes to write a short 3-4 sentence summary of today’s notes in your own words.

14. Your assignment
Using the magazines in the room, find an example of each of the five purposes of visual art.
On a blank piece(s) of lined paper, glue the examples and label them with the title of the purpose they represent as well as 1 full sentence that explains why the picture examples the purpose
Example: you use a picture of a car for functional art and write the sentence “The car is functional art because it is created to help you get to distant places.”
I will check that they are complete with your binder check
Scissors/glue are limited so please share