Man, the artist

Latin translation: homo artifex

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English term or phrase:Man, the artist
Latin translation:homo artifex
Entered by: Joseph Brazauskas

20:22 May 6, 2010
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Art/Literary - Archaeology / binomial nomenclature
English term or phrase: Man, the artist
If Homo sapiens is "thinking man," how would we classify "artistic man"? Archeologically, that strikes me as the turning point to "modern" humans; the point at which our ancestors began making art.
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homo artifex
Explanation:
'Artifex' is used of any kind of artist, as opposed to artists adept in some particular field, as, e.g., 'pictor' ('painter'), 'sculptor' ('sculptor'), 'musicus' ('musician'), 'poeta' ('poet'), etc. It is a compound formed from the stem of 'ars' (i.e., 'arti-', meaning 'art, skill') and the suffix '-fex', derived from 'facere' ('to make, do'). The two substantives are standing in apposition and thus agree in case.
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man, the artist
homo artifex


Explanation:
'Artifex' is used of any kind of artist, as opposed to artists adept in some particular field, as, e.g., 'pictor' ('painter'), 'sculptor' ('sculptor'), 'musicus' ('musician'), 'poeta' ('poet'), etc. It is a compound formed from the stem of 'ars' (i.e., 'arti-', meaning 'art, skill') and the suffix '-fex', derived from 'facere' ('to make, do'). The two substantives are standing in apposition and thus agree in case.

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