The full phrase is ars gratia artis, "art for art's sake."
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Ars Gratia Artis Founded in 1924, MGM operated under the motto "Ars Gratia Artis", a Latin phrase meaning "art for art's sake".
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Ars gratia artis means art for the sake of art.
Ars, artis ( as in ars longa, vita brevis) is a Latin word from which derives the English word art. A better modern equivalent to the Latin meaning, however, is science or technology.
Artis.(If you see the lion roaring right before a movie, where the circle is inside the circle is says artis ___ artis. which means art for the sake of art.)
The correct phrase is Ars Gratia Artis; it means 'Art for Art's sake'. Wich can be found on movies with the growling lion.
The Latin phase 'Ars Gratia Artis' appears on the M-G-M emblem of classical, old Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films. Such is the case with the beloved 1939 film version of 'The Wizard of Oz'. In the word-by-word translation of the phrase, the nouns 'ars', 'gratia', and 'artis' respectively mean 'art', 'thanks', and 'of art'. The English meaning therefore is as follows: Art for the sake of art.
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Ars Gratia Artis (Art for Art's Sake)
The motto of Cornell is "I would found an institution where any student can find instruction in any study."