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
CEREMONIAL
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
NARRATIVE
FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
CEREMONIAL
Artworks created to support worship ceremonies (rituals
and celebrations).
Illuminated Manuscripts
Sand Mandala
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Artworks to express or communicate emotions, ideas,
feelings, or to decorate objects.
Pablo Picasso, Three
Musicians,1921
Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory, 1931
NARRATIVE
Artworks that tell stories, describe and illustrate
experiences, communicate information, or document
historical events.
Dorothea Lange, Migrant
Mother, 1936
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the
Magi, 1423
FUNCTIONAL
Artistic objects used in everyday life
PERSUASIVE
Artworks that promote ideas, philosophies, or products.
J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It, 1918
CEREMONIAL
Artworks created to support worship ceremonies (rituals
and celebrations).
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Artworks to express or communicate emotions, ideas,
feelings, or to decorate objects.
NARRATIVE
Artworks that tell stories, describe and illustrate
experiences, communicate information, or document
historical events.
FUNCTIONAL
Artistic objects used in everyday life
PERSUASIVE
Artworks that promote ideas, philosophies, or products.
PLEASE SELECT THE
CORRECT ARTISTIC
PURPOSE FOR EACH OF
THE FOLLOWING IMAGES.
CEREMONIAL
ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
NARRATIVE
FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931
CEREMONIAL
ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
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FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
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ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
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FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
Dorothea Lange, Japanese American Children Pledging
Allegiance, 1942
CEREMONIAL
ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
NARRATIVE
FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
James Montgomery Flagg, I Want You, 1916-1917
CEREMONIAL
ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
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FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
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ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
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FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
Leonardo daVinci, The Last Supper, 1495-98
CEREMONIAL
ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
NARRATIVE
FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
Claude Monet, House of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking
Through The Fog, 1904
CEREMONIAL
ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
NARRATIVE
FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
Robert Raughenburg, Monogram, 1955-9
CEREMONIAL
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EXPRESSION
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FUNCTIONAL
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ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
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ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
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ARTISTIC
EXPRESSION
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FUNCTIONAL
PERSUASIVE
Sir John Everett Millais
, Spring (Apple Bloossoms), 1859