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    In the perspective of the history of art,[10] 

    artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind: from early pre-historic art to contemporary art; however, some theorists feel that the typical
    concept of "artistic works" fits less well outside modern Western societies. [11] One early sense of the definition of art is closely related to the older Latin meaning, which roughly translates to "skill"
    or "craft", as associated with words such as "artisan". English words derived from this meaning include artifact, artificial, artifice, medical arts, and military arts. However, there are many other
    colloquial uses of the word, all with some relation to its etymology.

    20th-century bottle, Twa peoples, Rwanda, Artistic works may serve practical functions, in addition to their decorative value.

    Over time, philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and Kant, among others, questioned the meaning of art.[12] Several dialogues in Plato tackle questions about art: Socrates says that poetry
    is inspired by the muses, and is not rational. He speaks approvingly of this, and other forms of divine madness (drunkenness, eroticism, and dreaming) in the Phaedrus (265a–c), and yet in
    the Republic wants to outlaw Homer's great poetic art, and laughter as well. In Ion, Socrates gives no hint of the disapproval of Homer that he expresses in the Republic. The
    dialogue Ion suggests that Homer's Iliad functioned in the ancient Greek world as the Bible does today in the modern Christian world: as divinely inspired literary art that can provide moral
    guidance, if only it can be properly interpreted.[13]

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