It has come to our attention that most people do not know what art is. In its broadest sense art is anything that is not natural, but many people seem to think that only the fine arts are art; all else is something else. That use of the word “art” is less than two and a half centuries old. Just reading the etymology tells most of the story. From Online Etymological Dictionary art (n.) early 13c., "skill as a result of learning or practice," from ...