Something I knew, but hadn't acknowledged, is that in the Dutch language the word fo "art" and "artificial" is the same: kunst. Turns out, the same word can mean "trick". Artifice ("kunstgreep") can literally translate as "grip of art".
Does this mean there is no truth in Art?
Sunday 28 September 2008
Art: what's in a word?
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