Artist

Japanese: artist
Artist

...In other words, since the Middle Ages, this word has been used to mean "technique" or "skillful finishing," but it was given a new meaning of the art of expressing beauty (what we call art today), and to clarify this, the word "beautiful" was added, and the word "fine art" (Beaux-Arts, etc.) was born. A distinction was made between those whose sole purpose was to express beauty, that is, artists, and those who did not, that is, artisans, and the former were placed above the latter and praised. However, if art is intended only to express beauty, then strictly speaking, things such as architecture and crafts, which have practical purposes as their first priority, must be excluded. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "artist" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…つまり中世以来,この語は〈技術〉〈巧みな仕上げ〉などの意味で用いられてきたが,それに新たに美を表現する術という意味づけがされ(今日でいう芸術),さらにこれを明確にするために〈美しい〉という語を加えて〈美術〉(ボーザールほか)という語が生まれたのである。そして美の表現をもっぱらの目的とする者,すなわちartist(美術家)とそうでない者,artisan(職人)との両者が区別され,前者を後者の上位に置いてこれをたたえたのである。しかし,美術が美の表現だけを目的とするものであるなら,建築や工芸など実用目的を第1にするものは厳密にいえばこれを除外しなければならないことになる。…

※「artist」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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