Abstract
The aim of this paper is to examine Th. W. Adorno's criticism of Kant's definition of function and ornament. According to Adorno, functionalism, that emphasized the integration of art and technology, was based on Kant's aesthetic. In Kant's aesthetic, function and ornament are absolutely separated from one another. Yet, according to Adorno, those two notions are historically interconnected. Function is based on ornament and reverts to it in its historical dynamic. Adorno criticizes Kant's paradoxical definition because it dose not account for the historical and dialectical relationship between function and ornament.
