1、Body buildingA routine of exercise and diet designed to make the body appear muscular. Training routines usually reduce fat levels and, if performed properly, can improve flexibility, particularly of the shoulders, hips, and trunk. When combined with aerobic fitness training, body building can be be
2、neficial to health.A form of exercise and competitive sport in which the primary aim of participants is to develop muscularity and body mass, and to produce symmetry and harmony between different body parts. Well-trained body-builders are characterized by having lean and muscular bodies with enhance
3、d muscular strength and power.NutritionGood nutrition can help prevent disease and promote health. Good nutrition helps individuals achieve general health and well-being. There are six categories of nutrients that the body needs to acquire from food: protein, carbohydrates, fat, fibers, vitamins and
4、 minerals, and water.Minerals are vital to our existence because they are the building blocks that make up muscles, tissues, and bones.zinc: affects absorption of copper and iron; suppression of the immune systemCalcium: It is crucial to all physiological function. The small amounts in blood plasma
5、and in tissues play a vital role in the excitability of nerve tissue, the control of muscle contraction and the integration and regulation of metabolic processes.SmokingThere is no doubt that smoking is harmful to health and has a detrimental effect on athletic performance. Nicotine affects blood pr
6、essure and heart rate directly, increasing the risk to smokers of coronary heart disease. It also affects hormone production. For example, cigarette smoking lowers blood oestrogen levels and therefore reduces bone mineralization.Smoking is highly addictive. Smokers who try to give up may suffer with
7、drawal symptoms including a persistent craving for tobacco, irritability, poor concentration, and weight gain.The value of artThe value of art, then, is one with the value of empathy.Art can act as a means to some special kind of knowledge. Art may give insight into the human condition. Art serves a
8、s a tool of education, or indoctrination, or enculturation. Art makes us more moral. It uplifts us spiritually.The function of all arts lies in fact in breaking through the narrow and tortuous enclosure of the finite, in which man is immerged while living here below, and in providing a window to the
9、 infinite for his hungry soul.Art is the great binder, the ubiquitous seal of community life and action. Art easily and effectively adapts the human mind to its social milieu, and is therefore one of the conditions of social progress.The arts can articulate and transmit new information and new value
10、s; they can provide alternative ways of being human and so provide us with choice and a sense of potential.art A visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination. Non-motivated functions of artThe non-motivated purposes of art are those which are integral
11、 to being human, transcend the individual, or do not fulfill a specific external purpose. Aristotle has said, “Imitation, then, is one instinct of our nature.“ 16 In this sense, Art, as creativity, is something which humans must do by their very nature (i.e. no other species creates art), and is the
12、refore beyond utility.1. Basic human instinct for harmony, balance, rhythm. Art at this level is not an action or an object, but an internal appreciation of balance and harmony (beauty), and therefore an aspect of being human beyond utility. “Imitation, then, is one instinct of our nature. Next, the
13、re is the instinct for harmony and rhythm, meters being manifestly sections of rhythm. Persons, therefore, starting with this natural gift developed by degrees their special aptitudes, till their rude improvisations gave birth to Poetry.“ -Aristotle 172. Experience of the mysterious. Art provides us
14、 with a way to experience ourselves in relation to the universe. This experience may often come unmotivated, as we appreciate art, music or poetry. “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.“ -Albert Einstein 183. Expression of the im
15、agination. Art provide a means to express the imagination in non-grammatic ways that are not tied to the formality of spoken or written language. Unlike words, which come in sequences and each of which have a definite meaning, art provides a range of forms, symbols and ideas with meanings that are m
16、aleable. “Jupiters eagle as an example of art is not, like logical (aesthetic) attributes of an object, the concept of the sublimity and majesty of creation, but rather something else - something that gives the imagination an incentive to spread its flight over a whole host of kindred representation
17、s that provoke more thought than admits of expression in a concept determined by words. They furnish an aesthetic idea, which serves the above rational idea as a substitute for logical presentation, but with the proper function, however, of animating the mind by opening out for it a prospect into a
18、field of kindred representations stretching beyond its ken.“ -Immanuel Kant194. Universal communication. Art allows the individual to express things toward the world as a whole. Earth artists often create art in remote locations that will never be experienced by another person. The practice of placi
19、ng a cairn, or pile of stones at the top of a mountain, is an example. (Note: This need not suggest a particular view of God, or religion.) Art created in this way is a form of communication between the individual and the world as a whole. 5. Ritualistic and symbolic functions. In many cultures, art
20、 is used in rituals, performances and dances as a decoration or symbol. While these often have no specific utilitarian (motivated) purpose, anthropologists know that they often serve a purpose at the level of meaning within a particular culture. This meaning is not furnished by any one individual, b
21、ut is often the result of many generations of change, and of a cosmological relationship within the culture. “Most scholars who deal with rock paintings or objects recovered from prehistoric contexts that cannot be explained in utilitarian terms and are thus categorized as decorative, ritual or symb
22、olic, are aware of the trap posed by the term art.“ -Silva Tomaskova20Motivated functions of artThe purposes of art which are motivated refer to intentional, conscious actions on the part of the artists or creator. These may be to bring about political change, to comment on an aspect of society, to
23、convey a specific emotion or mood, to address personal psychology, to illustrate another discipline, to (with commercial arts) to sell a product, or simply as a form of communication.1. Communication. Art, at its simplest, is a form of communication. As most forms of communication have an intent or
24、goal directed toward another individual, this is a motivated purpose. Illustrative arts, such as scientific illustration, are a form of art as communication. Maps are another example. However, the content need not be scientific. Emotions, moods and feelings are also communicated through art. “Art is
25、 a set of artefacts or images with symbolic meanings as a means of communication.“ -Steve Mithen212. Art as entertainment. Art may seek to bring about a particular emotion or mood, for the purpose of relaxing or entertaining the viewer. This is often the function of the art industries of Motion Pict
26、ures and Video Games. 3. The Avante-Garde. Art for political change. One of the defining functions of early twentieth century art has been to use visual images to bring about political change. The art movements which had this goal - Dadaism, Surrealism, Russian Constructivism, and Abstract Expressio
27、nism, among others - are collectively referred to as the avante-garde arts. “By contrast, the realistic attitude, inspired by positivism, from Saint Thomas Aquinas to Anatole France, clearly seems to me to be hostile to any intellectual or moral advancement. I loathe it, for it is made up of mediocr
28、ity, hate, and dull conceit. It is this attitude which today gives birth to these ridiculous books, these insulting plays. It constantly feeds on and derives strength from the newspapers and stultifies both science and art by assiduously flattering the lowest of tastes; clarity bordering on stupidit
29、y, a dogs life.“ -Andre Breton (Surrealism)224. Art for psychological and healing purposes. Art is also used by art therapists, psychotherapists and clinical psychologists as art therapy. The Diagnostic Drawing Series, for example, is used to determine the personality and emotional functioning of a
30、patient. The end product is not the principal goal in this case, but rather a process of healing, through creative acts, is sought. The resultant piece of artwork may also offer insight into the troubles experienced by the subject and may suggest suitable approaches to be used in more conventional f
31、orms of psychiatric therapy. 5. Art for social inquiry, subversion and/or anarchy. While similar to art for political change, subversive or deconstructivist art may seek to question aspects of society without any specific political goal. In this case, the function of art may be simply to criticize s
32、ome aspect of society. Spray-paint graffiti on a wall in Rome.Graffiti art and other types of street art are graphics and images that are spray-painted or stencilled on publicly viewable walls, buildings, buses, trains, and bridges, usually without permission. Certain art forms, such as graffiti, may also be illegal when they break laws (in this case vandalism). 6. Art for propaganda, or commercialism. Art is often utilized as a form of propaganda, and thus can be used to subtly influence popular conceptions or mood. In a similar way, art which seeks to sell a product also influences
