Functional art is generally applied art - art created for use, designed to serve a purpose and with an aesthetic in mind. It's art that serves a function, but is also designed artistically for purpose of displaying beauty.
Art that serves as function as well as aesthetic beauty. An example of this would be a fruit garden. They are pleasing to look at, pleasing to walk around in, and enjoyable to sit in. They also produce food which makes it functional rather than purely aesthetic
President Hoover was historically and categorically a bad president when it cam to treating the Depression in the United States because he was against government intervention.
