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

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FUNCTIONAL

PERSUASIVE

CEREMONIALArtworks created to support worship ceremonies (rituals and celebrations).

Sand Mandala

Illuminated Manuscripts

ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONArtworks to express or communicate emotions, ideas, feelings, or to decorate objects.

Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians,1921

Salvador Dali, Persistence of Memory, 1931

NARRATIVEArtworks that tell stories, describe and illustrate experiences, communicate information, or document historical events.

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, 1423Dorothea Lange, Migrant

Mother, 1936

FUNCTIONAL Artistic objects used in everyday life

PERSUASIVEArtworks that promote ideas, philosophies, or products.

J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It, 1918

CEREMONIALArtworks created to support worship ceremonies (rituals and celebrations).

ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONArtworks to express or communicate emotions, ideas, feelings, or to decorate objects.

NARRATIVEArtworks that tell stories, describe and illustrate experiences, communicate information, or document historical events.

FUNCTIONAL Artistic objects used in everyday life

PERSUASIVEArtworks that promote ideas, philosophies, or products.

PLEASE SELECT THE CORRECT

ARTISTIC PURPOSE FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING

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VE Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory, 1931

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Dorothea Lange, Japanese American Children Pledging

Allegiance, 1942

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VEJames Montgomery Flagg, I

Want You, 1916-1917

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VELeonardo daVinci, The Last

Supper, 1495-98

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VEClaude Monet, House of Parliament, London, Sun

Breaking Through The Fog, 1904

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VERobert Raughenburg,

Monogram, 1955-9

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VESir John Everett Millais

, Spring (Apple Bloossoms), 1859