Medical Definition of functional. 1a: of, connected with, or being a functionâcompare structural 1b: affecting physiological or psychological functions but not organic structure functional heart disease a functional psychosisâcompare organic 1b. 2: performing or able to perform a regular function.
Known for Four Apostles woodcuts, engravings and Melencolia interest in Italian concepts Albrecht Altdorfer German painter, engraver, and architect of the Renaissance. Regarded to be the main representative of the so-called Danube School setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colors.
Andreas Gursky. Born in 1955, Andreas Gursky is a recognized visual artist from Germany famous for large format landscape and architecture color photography, often utilizing a high view point. One of his photographs, known an Rhein II, was sold for $4.3 million at Christieâs in New York in 2011 â the most expensive photo ever auctioned.