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Art influences society by changing opinions, instilling values and translating experiences across space and time. Art in this sense is communication; it allows people from different cultures and different times to communicate with each other via images, sounds and stories. Art is often a vehicle for social change.
Why is art a reflection of society or culture?
It reflects our ever changing culture and has the ability to alter society’s values. Moreover, art brings meaning into people’s lives and helps preserve the world’s culture and societies.It is a manifestation of society and a reflection of people’s intricate identities.
How is art different from culture to culture?
Culture is the ensemble of social forms, material traits, customary beliefs, and other human phenomena that cannot be directly attributed to a genetic inheritance of a religious, racial, or social group. Art is the creative expression of one’s experiences, emotions and other qualities. Art is one aspect of culture.
Contexts are created by the artist, critics, judges, the public, essentially, any one who views the work and forms an opinion relating to it. The contexts stem from subject or content of an artwork, and are usually facts regarding the content.
Social functions of art are those that go beyond personal intrinsic value to art’s social benefits. Individuals and their society are dynamically related. Art communicates. Most often it is constructed with the intention of sharing responses to and opinions about life with others.
How did art become a reflection of a Philippine society?
The arts of the Philippines reflect a society with diverse cultural influences and traditions. The Malayan peoples had early contact with traders who introduced Chinese and Indian influences. Among those who were assimilated arose an educated elite who began to establish a modern Filipino literary tradition.
Social art is the application of arts and creativity towards the transformation of individuals, groups and societies by working with your target audience as opposed to for them. =