What are the functions of art.?
Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses and/ or stimulate thoughts or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression including music, literature, film, photography, sculpture, and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics. Besides being 1) A means of expressing one’s own emotions and ideas or eliciting them in others (establishing a dialogue with an audience) ART: 2) Is a means of exploring and appreciating formal elements for their own sake (i.e. arranging geometrical patterns or pairing complementary colors in order to explore how they work together compositionally) 3) As a means of mimesis or representation (i.e. reproducing or imitating things found in life/ nature) 4) A means by which a COMMUNITY develops for itself a medium of self-expression or interpretation (i.e. tribal art, fine art of various genres that reflects the “human co
