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By its original and broadest definition, art (from the Latin ars, meaning "skill" or "craft") is the product or process of the effective application of a body of knowledge, most often using a set of skills; this meaning is preserved in such phrases as "liberal arts" and "martial arts". However, in the modern use of the word, which rose to prominence after 1750, “art” is commonly understood to be skill used to produce an aesthetic result (Hatcher, 1999). Britannica Online defines it as "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others"Britannica Online. By any of these definitions of the word, artistic works have existed for almost as long as humankind, from early pre-historic art to contemporary art.
Defining art
How best to define the term “art” is a subject of much contention; many books and journal articles have been published arguing over even the basics of what we mean by the term “art” (Davies, 1991 and Carroll, 2000). Theodor Adorno claimed in 1969 “It is self-evident that nothing concerning art is self-evident any more.” (Danto, 2003). Indeed, it is not even clear anymore who has the right to define art. Artists, philosophers, anthropologists, and psychologists all use the notion of art in their respective fields, and give it operational definitions that are not very similar to each others.
Nonetheless we can make some progress towards defining art in its most everyday senses. The first broadest sense of “art” is the one that has stayed closest to the older Latin meaning, which roughly translates to "skill" or "craft", and also from an Indo-European root meaning "arrangement" or "to arrange". In this sense, art is whatever is described as having undergone a deliberate process of arrangement by an agent. A few examples where this meaning proves very broad include artifact, artificial, artifice, artillery, medical arts, and military arts. However, there are many other colloquial uses of the word, all with some relation to its etymology.
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@bigdjim ben ils ont tous pas l'air de s'éclater quand meme :p c un art les keynotes visiblement ;)
Sidd4rtha (sid ããã ) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:29:05 -0000
@bigdjim ben ils ont tous pas l'air de s'éclater quand meme :p c un art les keynotes visiblement ;)
UofA: Infrared Camera Seeks Hidden Art Treasures http://xrl.us/bgr27i http://ff.im/-dQ1EK
uatweets (UA Tweets) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:28:58 -0000
UofA: Infrared Camera Seeks Hidden Art Treasures http://xrl.us/bgr27i http://ff.im/-dQ1EK
Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy until you can find a rock.
nerbles (nerbles) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:28:50 -0000
Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy until you can find a rock.
Working away on my new art website, NKW Design: http://bit.ly/6ASftF
NatKatWilliams (Natalie Williams) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:28:46 -0000
Working away on my new art website, NKW Design: http://bit.ly/6ASftF
OMFG! *-* RT: @therocketsummer: Here is an ad for the new album... Cover art coming soon! http://bit.ly/8A4wH9
rodsobral (Rodrigo Sobral) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:28:45 -0000
OMFG! *-* RT: @therocketsummer: Here is an ad for the new album... Cover art coming soon! http://bit.ly/8A4wH9
@davidgs I didn't see it in 3D tho..thought it would make me dizzy... But, I did love it. Went mostly for the art...found much more in it.
rebeccay (Rebecca York) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:28:32 -0000
@davidgs I didn't see it in 3D tho..thought it would make me dizzy... But, I did love it. Went mostly for the art...found much more in it.
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