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Didactic
Didactic refers to a work of art intended to instruct, and sometimes, to be morally instructive. "Didaktikos" is a Greek word that means "apt at teaching;" or "to teach." A work of art that is didactic teaches, edifies, educates, illuminates and instructs. A didactic work of art is also informative, academic and enlightening, and depending on the genre and art movement, the work is usually rich in imagery and history, hence scholastic.
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