On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:12:53 GMT, Tom Watson
scribbled

On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:04:08 -0800, Luigi Zanasi
wrote:

Originally, "Arte", in Italian, meant (and still means)
craft or trade. Like the "Arte della lana" in medieval Florence was
the trade guild regulating wool weaving and dyeing. A craftsperson or
independent tradesperson is still known as an "artigiano" (artisan) in
Italian, like my cousin who is a plumber (Sorry Tom).


Commedia del'Arte?

Proving once and for all that considering pornographic farces as art
is nothing new.

Luigi
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"Man is a tool-using animal. Weak in himself and of
small stature, he stands on a basis of some
half-square foot, has to straddle out his legs lest
the very winds supplant him. Nevertheless, he can
use tools, can devise tools: with these the granite
mountain melts into light dust before him: seas are
his smooth highway, winds and fire his unwearying
steeds. Nowhere do you find him without tools.
Without tools he is nothing: with tools he is all."
Thomas Carlyle