_artis opus; opus arte factum_ or _perfectum_—a work of art.
_opus summo artificio[TR1] factum_—a master-piece of classical work.
_opus omnibus numeris absolutum_—a master-piece of classical work.
_artem exercere_—to follow an artistic profession, practise an art.
_artem tradere, docere_—to teach an art.
_artem profiteri_—to profess an art.
_artium (liberalium) studium_, or simply _studium_—a taste for the
fine arts.
_artis praecepta_, or also simply _ars_—the rules of art; aesthetics.
_(artis, artium) intellegens, peritus_[1] (opp. _idiota_, a layman)—a
connoisseur; a specialist.
_existimator (doctus, intellegens, acerrimus)_—a (competent,
intelligent, subtle) critic.
_in existimantium arbitrium venire_ (Brut. 24. 92)—to come before the
tribunal of the critics.
_iudicium facere_—to criticise.
_sensum, iudicium habere_—to be a man of taste.
_elegantia in illo est_—he possesses sound judgment in matters of taste.
_iudicium subtile, elegans, exquisitum, intellegens_—good taste;
delicate perception.
_iudicium acuere_—to cultivate one's powers of criticism.
_abhorrere ab artibus_ (opp. _delectari artibus_)—to have no taste for
the fine arts.
_veritatem_[2] _imitari_ (Div. 1. 13. 23)—(1) to make a lifelike
natural representation of a thing (used of the artist); (2) to be
lifelike (of a work of art).
_in omni re vincit imitationem veritas_—in everything nature defies
imitation.
_aliquid ad verum exprimere_—to make a copy true to nature.
_morum ac vitae imitatio_—a lifelike picture of everyday life.
_aliquid e vita ductum est_—a thing is taken from life.
[TR1] Transcriber's Note: the original text has _opus summo artifico
factum_. But that is wrong as can be seen from the French edition
using _opus summo artificio factum._
[1] _idiota_ = properly uninitiated, not the same as _rudis, indoctus,
imperitus_.
[2] _veritas_ means not merely truth (opp. _mendacium_), but also
reality (opp. _opinio, imitatio_). Thus we often find the combination
_res et veritas ipsa_ (Tusc. 5. 5. 13), _natura rerum et ipsa veritas_.