Monday, 9 February 2015


 What is art ?
Derived from the Latin word "ars" (meaning "skill" or "craft") - is a 
useful starting point. This broad approach leads to art being defined 
as: "the product of a body of knowledge, most often using a set of 
skills." Thus Renaissance painters and sculptors were viewed merely 
as highly skilled artisans (interior-decorators?). No wonder Leonardo 
Da Vinci and Michelangelo went to such efforts to elevate the status 
of artists (and by implication art itself) onto a more intellectual plane.


Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use.