...a general term for one of the activities unique to humans that seeks to create unique value. The Japanese word with this meaning began as a translation around 1887, and has become completely established today, but the Western equivalents are art (English, French), Kunst (German), arte (Italian, Spanish), and even further back, ars (Latin) and technē (Greek). Therefore, when considering the meaning of art, it is more important to value the development of the Western view of art than to trace the meaning of the correct characters of art, 'gei' and 'jutsu', in the cultural history of China and Japan. *Some of the terminology that mentions "technē" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…独自の価値を創造しようとする人間固有の活動の一つを総称する語。このような意の日本語としては明治20年前後に翻訳語として始まり,今日では完全に定着したが,この語にあたる西欧語はアート,アールart(英語,フランス語),クンストKunst(ドイツ語),アルテarte(イタリア語,スペイン語),さかのぼってはアルスars(ラテン語),テクネーtechnē(ギリシア語)である。それゆえ芸術の意味を考えるには,芸の正字〈芸〉や〈術〉の語義を中国および日本の文化史に追いもとめる以上に,西洋における芸術観の展開を重んじることになる。… ※「technē」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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