Since its founding in 2009, IAFOR has brought people and ideas together in a wide selection of occasions and platforms to promote and rejoice interdisciplinary examine, and underline its importance. During the Middle Ages, the word “artista” referred to something resembling “craftsman,” or pupil of the humanities. The first division into “major” and “minor” arts dates again to the 1400s with the work of Leon Battista Alberti, which centered on the significance of the mental skills of the artist rather than the manual expertise of a craftsman. The European academies of the 16th century formally solidified the gap between the…
