Function of art

It’s a little easier to define what it does than what it is.

• creates and records “beauty”
• enhances our environment
• reveals truthimmortalizes
• expresses religious beliefs
• expresses fantasy
• stimulates the intellect and fires the emotions
• creates order and harmony
• expresses chaosrecords and commemorates experiencereflects social and cultural context
• protests injustice and raises social consciousnesselevates the commonplace
• meets the needs of the artist