pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on tue 12 oct 04
Hi all...
...did a little ramblin' to-night...found this...
craft
O.E. cræft "power, strength, might," from P.Gmc.
*krab-/*kraf-. Sense shifted to "skill, art" (via a notion
of "mental power"), which led to the n. meaning of "trade."
Use for "small boat" is first recorded 1671, probably from
some nautical sense of "vessels of small craft," referring
either to the trade they did or the seamanship they
required.
art (n.)
c.1225, "skill as a result of learning or practice," from
O.Fr. art, from L. artem, (nom. ars) "art, skill, craft,"
from PIE *ar-ti- (cf. Skt. rtih "manner, mode;" Gk. arti
"just," artios "complete;" Ger. art "manner, mode"), from
base *ar- "fit together, join" (see arm (1)). In M.E.
usually with sense of "skill in scholarship and learning"
(c.1305), especially in the seven sciences, or liberal arts
(divided into the trivium -- grammar, logic, rhetoric -- and
the quadrivium --arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy).
This sense remains in Bachelor of Arts, etc. Meaning "human
workmanship" (as opposed to nature) is from 1386. Sense of
"cunning and trickery" first attested c.1600. Meaning "skill
in creative arts" is first recorded 1620; esp. of painting,
sculpture, etc., from 1668. Broader sense of the word
remains in artless (1589). As an adj. meaning "produced with
conscious artistry (as opposed to popular or folk) it is
attested from 1890, possibly from infl. of Ger. kunstlied
"art song" (cf. art film, 1960; art rock, c.1970). Fine
arts, "those which appeal to the mind and the imagination"
first recorded 1767. Art brut "art done by prisoners,
lunatics, etc.," is 1955, from Fr., lit. "raw art." Artsy
"pretentiously artistic" is from 1902. Expression art for
art's sake (1836) translates Fr. l'art pour l'art. First
record of art critic is from 1865. Arts and crafts
"decorative design and handcraft" first attested in the Arts
and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in London, 1888.
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Anyway...
How it is thought to be a noun, still confuses me...
Best wishes,
Phil
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