Musarthis Art Vocabulary

This lexicon presents the vocabulary created for Musarthis within the framework of Agnitia. It has been developed to name with precision the acts, roles and states that form the foundation of our relationship to the work and to artistic recognition. Understanding it means better grasping our texts and our communications. It also highlights our philosophical vision of transactions in art.

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Agnitia Determiner: feminine Etymology: from Latin agnitio (recognition, act of recognizing, from agnoscere) Definition: principle of recognition specific to Musarthis; act by which a work or approach is recognized for its reach, its rightness and its value, independently of traditional circuits.

Agnist Determiner: epicene (an agnist) Etymology: derived from Agnitia Definition: person who operates Agnitia; they recognize, select and bring a work or approach forward according to this principle.

Nexis Determiner: masculine Etymology: from Latin nexus (link, attachment), adapted Definition: act linking a work and a person through accomplished recognition, realized by a concrete gesture (purchase).

To Nex Determiner: verb Etymology: derived from Nexis Definition: to operate a Nexis; to bring the link into being through the concrete act.

Assentor Determiner: epicene (an assentor) Etymology: from the verb to assent (Latin assentiri, to give one's agreement) Definition: person who operates a Nexis; they recognize a work and realize the act of acquisition.

To Assent Determiner: verb Etymology: Latin assentiri (to adhere, to approve) Definition: to recognize inwardly with adherence a work or an approach.

Assention Determiner: feminine Etymology: derived from to assent Definition: act or state of assenting; inner recognition that may precede a Nexis.

Pre-Nexis Determiner: masculine Etymology: prefix pre- + Nexis Definition: state in which a work is recognized, but without realization of the fifth condition (purchase); the Nexis has not yet been operated.

Apertion Determiner: feminine Etymology: from Latin aperire (to open) Definition: opening the conditions allowing the emergence of a Nexis or an Assention.

Circium Determiner: masculine Etymology: coined from circum (around) Definition: making understood the situation or contextual realities surrounding the work or approach.

Lectis Determiner: masculine Etymology: from Latin lectio (reading), adapted Definition: to interpret; to give reading to a work or an approach.

Exposition Determiner: feminine Etymology: Latin expositio (presentation) Definition: presenting a work or an approach to the public.

Reception Determiner: feminine Etymology: Latin receptio (act of receiving) Definition: the way in which a work is received, experienced or understood.

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