Art

The Handy Cyclopedia of Common Things and Biographical Dictionary · 1901 · p. 1

A11 art is something performed by man through the instigation of the mind. In use the word is divided into the Common and the Fine Arts. A common art is something done for the benefit of man, such as the arts of manu¬ facture. A fine art is something done for the enjoyment of man, as the art of painting.