Philosophical Perspectives on Art PDF

FUNCTIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ART  FUNCTIONS OF ART Personal Social Physical  PERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART – Varied and highly subjective. – Its functions depend on the person – the artist who created the art. Can be entertainment Can be therapeutic...

FUNCTIONS AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ART  FUNCTIONS OF ART Personal Social Physical  PERSONAL FUNCTIONS OF ART – Varied and highly subjective. – Its functions depend on the person – the artist who created the art. Can be entertainment Can be therapeutic  SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF ART – As a social function, if and when it addresses a particular collective interest as opposed to a personal interest. Political art Pictures of Poverty  PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS OF ART – Can be found in artworks that are crafted in order to serve some physical purpose. Jewelry making Interior design  OTHER FUNCTIONS OF ART MUSIC SCULPTURE ARCHITECTURE  Philosophy is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, the world in which they live, and their relationships to the world and to each other.  Some branches of Philosophy Metaphysics Ethics Epistemology Logic Aesthetics  METAPHYSICS is the study of the nature of reality, of what exists in the world, what it is like, and how it is ordered. – In metaphysics philosophers wrestle with such questions as: Is there a God? What is truth? What is a person? What makes a person the same through time? Is the world strictly composed of matter? Do people have minds? If so, how is the mind related to the body? Do people have free wills?  ETHICS From the Greek word ethica or ethos meaning manner, customs or habits. A branch of Philosophy dealing with human actions or behavior from moral perspective viewed as right or wrong, good or bad.  EPISTEMOLOGY – From the Greek word episteme meaning knowledge and logos meaning theory. – A branch of Philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge. – It is primarily concerned with what we can know about the world and how we can know it.  LOGIC It is a science that deals with the principles of valid reasoning and argument.  AESTHETIC The branch of philosophy that deals with essence and perception of beauty and ugliness. the philosophical study of beauty and taste. It is closely related to the philosophy of art, which is concerned with the nature of art and the concepts in terms of which individual works of art are interpreted and evaluated.  PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ART  ART AS AN IMITATION ART AS A REPRESENTATION ART AS A DISINTERESTED JUDGEMENT ART AS A COMMUNICATION OF EMOTION  ART AS AN IMITATION – In Plato’s Metaphysics or view of reality, the things in this world are only copies of the original, the eternal and the true entities that can only be found in the World of Forms.  ART AS A REPRESENTATION – Aristotle, Plato’s most important student. – He considered art as an aid to philosophy in revealing truth. – Represents possible versions of reality. 2 purpose: Art allows for the experience of pleasure Art has an ability be instructive and teach the audience about life  ART AS A DISINTERESTED JUDGEMENT – Immanuel Kant wrote “Critique of Judgement” – Considered the judgement of beauty, the cornerstone of art as something that can be universal despite its subjectivity. – Art is innately autonomous from specific interests.  ART AS A COMMUNICATION OF EMOTION – Leo Tolstoy – Art serves as a language, a communication device that articulates feelings, emotions that are otherwise unavailable to the audience. – Serves as mechanism for social unity.