The word art derives from the Latin " ars" (stem art-), which, although literally defined means "skill method" or "technique", also conveys a connotation of beauty.ĭuring the Middle Ages the word artist already existed in some countries such as Italy, but the meaning was something resembling craftsman, while the word artisan was still unknown.
#ARTISTIC MUSE DEFINITION MANUAL#
In ancient Greece sculptors and painters were held in low regard, somewhere between freemen and slaves, their work regarded as mere manual labour. No muse was identified with the visual arts of painting and sculpture. Urania (the 'celestial one'): muse of astronomy.Thalia (the 'blossoming one'): muse of comedy and bucolic poetry.Terpsichore (the ' delights in dance'): muse of choral song and dance.Polyhymnia or Polymnia (the ' of many hymns'): muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing, and rhetoric.Melpomene (the 'chanting one'): muse of tragedy.Euterpe (the 'well-pleasing'): muse of music and lyric poetry.Erato (the 'amorous one'): muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs.Clio (the 'glorious one'): muse of history.Calliope (the 'beautiful of speech'): chief of the muses and muse of epic or heroic poetry.In Greek culture, each of the nine Muses oversaw a different field of human creation: The adjectival Latin form of the word, " technicus", īecame the source of the English words technique, technology, and technical. The Greek word " techně", often translated as "art," implies mastery of any sort of craft. One who cultivates one of the fine arts – traditionally the arts presided over by the muses.A follower of a manual art, such as a mechanic.A follower of a pursuit in which skill comes by study or practice.One who pursues a practical science, traditionally medicine, astrology, alchemy, chemistry.The Oxford English Dictionary defines the older broad meanings of the term "artist": The use of the term "artist" to describe writers is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts such as critics' reviews. " Artiste" (French for artist) is a variant used in English in this context, but this use has become rare. However, the term is also often used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians and other performers (although less often for actors). The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, Goethe in the Roman Campagna, 1787, portrait of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German artist known for his works of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, visual arts, and science.Īn artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art.
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