Masu kirkira

Mai zane mutum ne da ke da hannu wajen ƙirƙirar fasaha, ko kuma yin aikin fasaha . Amfani da aka fi amfani da shi a cikin jawabai na yau da kullun da tattaunawa ta ilimi yana nufin mai aiki a fannin zane-zane kawai.

Duk da haka, ana amfani da kalmar sosai a cikin kasuwancin nishaɗi don nufin ' yan wasan kwaikwayo, mawaƙa, mawaƙa, masu rawa, da sauran masu wasan kwaikwayo .  Ana amfani da kalmar Faransanci artiste a Turanci a wannan mahallin, kodayake wannan ya zama tsohon yayi. Amfani da kalmar "artist" don bayyana marubuta yana da inganci, amma ba a saba gani ba, kuma galibi an takaita shi ga mahallin kamar sharhin masu suka;  " marubuci " galibi ana amfani da shi maimakon haka.

Duk da cewa amfani da kalmar 'mai zane' abu ne da aka saba amfani da shi, babu wata ma'anar fasaha da aka yarda da ita [1] — wannan yana sa ma'anar wanene da kuma wanda ba mai zane ba ta da tabbas . Masu fasaha da masana falsafa har yanzu suna muhawara kan fassararsu game da ma'anar fasaha —akan abin da ke da kuma abin da ba ya ɗauka a matsayin fasaha . [1]

Kamus ɗin Turanci na Oxford ya bayyana tsoffin ma'anoni masu faɗi na kalmar "mai zane":

 mutum mai ilimi ko kuma digirin Master of Arts ,
 wanda ke neman ilimin kimiyya mai amfani, magani na gargajiya, ilmin taurari, ilmin sunadarai ,
 mai bin wani abu da ƙwarewa ke zuwa ta hanyar karatu ko aiki,
 mai bin fasahar hannu, kamar makaniki ,
 wanda ya sanya sana'arsu ta zama sana'a mai kyau, ko
 wanda ke haɓaka ɗaya daga cikin kyawawan fasahohi - a al'ada, fasahar da muses ke jagoranta

Kamus na Britannica ya fassara "mai zane" a matsayin: 

 mutumin da ke ƙirƙirar fasaha,
 mutumin da ya ƙware a zane, zane, da sauransu,
 ƙwararren mai yin aiki, ko
 mutumin da yake da kyau sosai a wani abu

 wanda ke yin zane, zane, ko yin sassaka,
 wanda ke yin kiɗa, ko
 mutumin da ke ƙirƙirar abubuwa da ƙwarewa da tunani mai kyau

 Etymology - tarihin kalmar 

 Tsohuwar Girka (1100 BC-330 AD) 

 Manazarta