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If Art is only a name (for what then?), is Art then only another word for Artificial (i.e. made by people)?

Jules

There is only one true answer to this question:

Art has no definition.   

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    One day a wag -- what would the wretch be at? --
    Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT,
    And said it was a god's name!  Straight arose
    Fantastic priests and postulants (with shows,
    And mysteries, and mummeries, and hymns,
    And disputations dire that lamed their limbs)
    To serve his temple and maintain the fires,
    Expound the law, manipulate the wires.
    Amazed, the populace that rites attend,
    Believe whate'er they cannot comprehend,
    And, inly edified to learn that two
    Half-hairs joined so and so (as Art can do)
    Have sweeter values and a grace more fit
    Than Nature's hairs that never have been split,
    Bring cates and wines for sacrificial feasts,
    And sell their garments to support the priests.

Oh, that is excellent - Art is a rat's @55, I always knew it!

Yes I think so. There is no art without language, and language (symbolic representation) is human. I don't think anything is artificial in the sense of being unnatural or non biological, however, 'created by humans' is a reasonable definition. Art is about communication. Function is not related to this principle, therefore, in my opinion, art can never be functional.

In conclusion, I suggest that you throw your stylish {wine bottle opener / pepper mill / insert tacky item here} in the bin immediately.