art (n.)
early 13c., "skill as a result of learning or practice," from Old French art (10c.), from Latin artem (nominative ars) "work of art; practical skill; a business, craft," from PIE *ar(ə)-ti- (source also of Sanskrit rtih "manner, mode;" Greek artizein "to prepare"), suffixed form of root *ar- "to fit together." Etymologically akin to Latin arma "weapons" (see arm (n.2)).
https://www.etymonline.com/word/art
“The expression or application of creative skill and imagination, especially through a visual medium such as painting or sculpture, also works produced in this way such as painting”. OED
What is the earliest known piece of visual art?
Please read:
Morriss-Kay GM. The evolution of human artistic creativity. J Anat. 2010 Feb;216(2):158-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01160.x. Epub 2009 Nov 9. PMID: 19900185; PMCID: PMC2815939.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815939/
Please also download, read, and listen at your leisure:
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Edited by Samuel Garth, Translated by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, and William Congreve (1717 Global Grey 2021).
www.globalgreyebooks.com/metamorphoses-ebook.html
archive.org/details/metamorphoses_1006_librivox
early 13c., "skill as a result of learning or practice," from Old French art (10c.), from Latin artem (nominative ars) "work of art; practical skill; a business, craft," from PIE *ar(ə)-ti- (source also of Sanskrit rtih "manner, mode;" Greek artizein "to prepare"), suffixed form of root *ar- "to fit together." Etymologically akin to Latin arma "weapons" (see arm (n.2)).
https://www.etymonline.com/word/art
“The expression or application of creative skill and imagination, especially through a visual medium such as painting or sculpture, also works produced in this way such as painting”. OED
What is the earliest known piece of visual art?
Please read:
Morriss-Kay GM. The evolution of human artistic creativity. J Anat. 2010 Feb;216(2):158-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01160.x. Epub 2009 Nov 9. PMID: 19900185; PMCID: PMC2815939.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815939/
Please also download, read, and listen at your leisure:
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Edited by Samuel Garth, Translated by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison, and William Congreve (1717 Global Grey 2021).
www.globalgreyebooks.com/metamorphoses-ebook.html
archive.org/details/metamorphoses_1006_librivox
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