THE WORD ‘ART’? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? We use the term ‘art’ to refer to (a) that wh

THE WORD ‘ART’? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

We use the term ‘art’ to refer to

(a) that which man makes,

(b) that which he crafts well,

(c) that which he imbues with design for aesthetic pleasure,

(d) that which he crafts for the purpose of conveying meaning, and

(e) that which we craft as monuments to be remembered.

We have separated work and art because of artless industry. Prior, all craftsmanship was simply ‘art’.

The root of “art” is ‘ar’ meaning ‘arm’.

Produced by the arms (hands) of man.

See?

Now technically we still produce the following:

Craft and Materials, Design and aesthetics, Meaning and Monument

With these three measures all art can be compared.