3 Categories of Functions of Art: 1.Physical 2.Personal 3.Social Types of art that have physical function: Architecture Crafts Industrial Design . Physical Function Works of art that are created to perform some service have physical functions.1. 1554 .Saltcellar of Francis I by Italian sculptor and goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini. .However wonderful the craftsmanship of a Fijian war club may be. it was created to perform the physical function of smashing skulls. These clubs were also used in open battle. and sometimes to . the weight of the bulky head being concentrated in the point of the beak. to kill wounded enemies. to execute offenders.This Fijian war club was designed to drive or peck a neat hole through the enemy's skull. A Japanese raku bowl is art that performs a physical function in the tea ceremony. . or gratification. Personal Function The personal functions of art vary from person to person. for "merely" entertaining others. for providing an aesthetic experience.2. for adorning one’s self . both for self and viewers. COMMON PERSONAL FUNCTIONS: for self-expression. for communicating a thought or point to the viewer. as opposed to one person's point of view or experience.3. Social Function Art has social functions when it addresses aspects of life. Family Socio-cultural Economic Political Religious . Holocaust Memorial George Segal. 1984 . . Jose Rizal that ignited the flame of patriotism in the hearts of the Filipinos during the Spanish Colonization.Novels of Dr. and preserve them for his enjoyment and appreciation. man becomes conscious of the beauty of nature.Aesthetic function – through art. He benefits from his own work and from those done by his fellowmen. . love. He learns to use. food. man is provided with shelter. light. beautiful surroundings. entertainment. . creation of superhighways and through propagation of natural resources. Art not only enriches man’s life but also improves nature through landscape gardening. transportation. Through art.Utilitarian function – with the creation of the various forms of art. man now lives in comfort and happiness. and other necessities and conveniences of life. personal ornamentals. medicine. language. clothing. . art transmits and preserves skills and knowledge from one generation to another. It burdens one’s cultural background and makes man more civilized and his life more enduring and satisfying.Cultural function – through the printed matter. . .THE FUNCTION OF ART An address by His Holiness Pope Pius XII to a group of Italian artists received in audience on April 8. 1952. The Christian Vocation of the Artist . in which man is immerged while living here below.The function of all art lies in fact in breaking through the narrow and tortuous enclosure of the finite. and in providing a window to the infinite for his hungry soul. but the Christian artist is. because it is proper to those chosen to contemplate.The artist is of himself a privileged person among men. . to enjoy and to express God's perfections. a chosen one. in a certain sense. but above all within yourselves. .Seek God here below in nature and in man. Do not vainly try to give the human without the divine. . Harmonize instead the finite with the infinite. the temporal with the eternal. and thus you will give the truth of art and the true art. nor nature without its Creator. man with God.