Comment Try Aristotle (Score 1) 220
Actually, the distinction between art and science goes back at least as far as Aristotle--as long as the distinction we're talking about is between expressing and knowing.
The distinction in its specifically modern form goes back to the German Enlightenment (early to mid 1700s) and can be found in Baumgarten's _Aesthetics_, among other places.
The Arts and Crafts movement was one manifestation of this; but as I noted above in my previous comment, the issue didn't become as important to the culture at large until the post-WWI era. Both Socialist and Fascist movements in Europe manipulated the distinction to their own ends--and right here in America the same was done by McCarthy.
The distinction in its specifically modern form goes back to the German Enlightenment (early to mid 1700s) and can be found in Baumgarten's _Aesthetics_, among other places.
The Arts and Crafts movement was one manifestation of this; but as I noted above in my previous comment, the issue didn't become as important to the culture at large until the post-WWI era. Both Socialist and Fascist movements in Europe manipulated the distinction to their own ends--and right here in America the same was done by McCarthy.
