What is the common denominator here? Michelangelo ( [link]
Tiffany ( [link] René Lalique ( [link] Christian Dior ( [link]
Fabergé ( [link] Dale Chihuly ( [link] William Morris ( [link]
Van Briggle ( [link] Antoni Gaudí ( [link] )Artisan Crafts !
Just a macro-micro list of historical artists with spectacular
art to enhance our daily lives. 9 Muses and no muse was
identified with the visual arts of painting and sculpture . In
ancient Greece sculptors and painters were held in low regard,
somewhere between freemen and slaves, their work regarded as
mere manual labor. Japan's Edo period artisan class was ranked
below the samurai and the agricultural workers. WHAT ?!?!
Europes Middle Ages guilds had master artisans that were granted
charters by the local sovereign authority. [They eventually came
around!] The word art is derived from the Latin "ars", which,
although literally defined means, "skill method" or "technique",
holds a connotation of beauty. During the Middle Ages the word
artist already existed, but the