The phrase "artistic function" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the role or purpose of art in a particular context, such as in a discussion about art theory or practice.
Example: "The artistic function of this sculpture is to provoke thought and evoke emotion in the viewer."
Alternatives: "creative role" or "artistic purpose".
Artistic function is complex and variegated, and as we'll see in the notation examples below, can exist at many different points in a continuum.
The rich suggestiveness and prescience of his insights embraced the concept of the symbolical analogue the artistic function of ordering and heightening the ingredients of the actual world and the polarities of experience symbolized in the Apollonian-Dionysian conflict itself, which Stravinsky also explored.
With Oskar Eustis, the Public's artistic director, she conceived a job that combines management and artistic functions.
The idea of the found object comes from the French objet trouvé, which connotes the notion of making art out of everyday objects that generally lack traditional artistic functions.
Once they reached menarche, dedicated girls became servants at local temples, often combining dancing and other artistic functions with provision of sexual services to the priests and (higher caste) temple patrons [ 29].
Voznesensky was not without recourse: the Writers' Union, as Updike put it, had "tried, as far as its fundamentally anti-artistic function permitted, to cherish him".
How can a highly artistic individual function professionally in so threatening a climate?
During the 1960s and 1970s, magazines became an important new site of artistic practice, functioning as an alternative exhibition space for the dematerialized practices of conceptual art.
From baskets to handblown glass, craft objects have traditionally been regarded as more functional than artistic, even if part of that function is decorative.
And it helps explain the difficulty of disentangling Mr. Marsalis's fruits as an artist from his function as an artistic director.
As the political and societal landscape continues to evolve across the Islamic region, approaches that emphasize convergence between conservation and development will be critical for ensuring that the world's great historic cities and public spaces preserve their cultural and artistic legacies, while functioning and thriving in the 21st century.
