A great debate : Must art be useful or beautiful ? Everyone has his own answer. The aim of art is not to be utilitarian. But some artworks can be.
It developed from primitive and functional/utilitarian beginnings to sophisticated decorative forms.
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In a situation where a man is given the option to torture another man to save 1000 lives. A utilitarian would choose to torture the man. This is because utilitarianism is the ethical system which is based on the calculus of happiness. The happiness of 1000 lives being saved outweighs the pain of torturing one man. Thus to the utilitarian the right thing to do is to torture the man.
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A great debate : Must art be useful or beautiful ? Everyone has his own answer. The aim of art is not to be utilitarian. But some artworks can be.
This expresses a philosophy that the intrinsic value of art, and the only "true" art, is divorced from any didactic, moral or utilitarian function.
Any skill can be described as an art, such as the art of brick laying. If a person is creating art for purely aesthetic purposes, rather than for utilitarian purposes, that is called fine art.
It developed from primitive and functional/utilitarian beginnings to sophisticated decorative forms.
I used utilitarian in a sentence
The verb form of "utilitarian" is "utilize."
Utilitarian is of, relating to, or in the interests of utility considerations in industrial design. An utilitarian buyer is someone that wants to by utilities for an industry.
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'a utilitarian outlook' is correct. Use 'an' before a vowel sound, and 'a' before a consonant sound. In this case, the 'u' in 'utilitarian' sounds like a consonant 'y' at the beginning of the word, so 'a' is the appropriate article.
It is true that the Romans had a more utilitarian approach than the Greeks.
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Art is not functional when its main purpose is primarily aesthetic or expressive, rather than serving a practical or utilitarian purpose. For example, paintings, sculptures, and installations that convey emotions, ideas, or concepts without a direct functional role would be considered non-functional art.