It has had many different functions throughout its history, making it difficult to abstract or quantify its purpose for any one concept. This does not mean that the purpose of art is "obscure", but rather that it had unique and different reasons for being created. Some of these functions of art are outlined below. The various aims of art may be grouped into non-motivated and motivated aims (Levi-Strauss).

アートの目的は単純ではなく、多様な機能があります。それぞれの創造の理由を抽象化や数量化することは難しいが、非動機的目的と動機的目的に分類できます。