Sunday, September 14, 2008

What is Art? Meanings, Purposes, Styles

The Group of Gallery United Fine Artists on Etsy represent a broad range of artistic styles and content. Borrowing from "Understanding Art" by Lois Fichner-Rathus. and from the Art of the Gallery United Team, here is a list of some of the Purposes of Art.
"To Create Beauty"
"To reveal Truth"






"To Express Fantasy"

"To Express or Create Order and Harmony"








"To Elevate the Commonplace"

"To Stimulate the Intellect"



"To Express the Universal"





"To Reflect the Social and Cultural Context"

"To Express religious Values"
"To Reveal Truth"







"To Protest Injustice"
"To Record Experience"




"To Meet the Needs of the Artist"

Gallery United Artists can be found by searching "galleryunited" (one word) on Etsy.com.

3 comments:

buddha-builder said...

A wonderful and wonderfully succinct list of the functions of art. How does art serve us? One could extend this list indefinitely!

Lisa Carney (Asil) said...

We all have our reasons to create, love and appreciate art. There are so many talented artist and so many beautiful meaningful paintings out there today.

Everyone should have the joy of owning original art. Be ti if you paint yourself or don't. It is very accessible.

Debra Linker said...

Another purpose of art - to FREE the artist from all that would bind them.

That is a beautifully illustrated Original Post. The artists of Gallery United are very talented.