Purposes of Purposes of Visual ArtsVisual ArtsCeremonial, Artistic Ceremonial, Artistic

Expression, Narrative, Expression, Narrative, Functional, PersuasiveFunctional, Persuasive

Ceremonial ArtCeremonial Art

Artworks created to support Artworks created to support worship ceremonies, rituals, and worship ceremonies, rituals, and celebrations.celebrations.

Worn by the initiation leaders during the initiation rites, the mask represents the face of the Yaka ancestors who established the boys' initiation ceremonies.

Artistic ExpressionArtistic Expression

Artwork intended to express or Artwork intended to express or communicate emotions, ideas, communicate emotions, ideas, feelings (e.g., for self-expression, feelings (e.g., for self-expression, to decorate or beautify objects)to decorate or beautify objects)

Marcel Duchamp. (American, born France. 1887-1968). Bicycle Wheel. New York 1951 (third version, after lost original of 1913). Metal wheel mounted on painted wood stool, 51 x 25 x 16 1/2" (129.5 x 63.5 x 41.9 cm).

Narrative ArtworksNarrative Artworks

Artworks that tell stories, Artworks that tell stories, describe and illustrate describe and illustrate experiences, or communicate experiences, or communicate information, art to document information, art to document important or historical eventsimportant or historical events

Dorothea LangeWhite Angel Bread Line1932

Functional ArtworksFunctional Artworks

Artistic objects used in everyday Artistic objects used in everyday life (e.g., pottery, quilts, baskets, life (e.g., pottery, quilts, baskets, etc.).etc.).

Amy Sanders

Persuasive ArtworksPersuasive Artworks

Artworks that promote ideas, Artworks that promote ideas, philosophies, or products (e.g., philosophies, or products (e.g., advertising, marketing, advertising, marketing, propaganda, ideology, etc.)propaganda, ideology, etc.)

Subject Matter in ArtSubject Matter in Art

Representational (e.g., Representational (e.g., landscape, portrait, still life)landscape, portrait, still life)

Abstract (Recognizable, but Abstract (Recognizable, but distorted)distorted)

Nonrepresentational (non-Nonrepresentational (non-objective)objective)