art

l'art (FR N-M) means of obtaining a result by natural aptitudes, talents; the talents themselves; ease of expression joined to knowledge of means; what man adds to what is natural (artifice); ensemble of rules and knowledge in a specific domain; métier requiring specific knowledge and techniques; means of aesthetic expression of mankind; each mode of expression tending to an ideal; creation of works of art. There is much disagreement about what, properly speaking, constitutes »art.« Is it…