A Theory of Craft: Function and Aesthetic Expression - Softcover

Risatti, Howard

 
9781469600901: A Theory of Craft: Function and Aesthetic Expression
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1469600900 ISBN 13: 9781469600901
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013

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What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? In A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade ceramics, glass, metalwork, weaving, and furniture to painting, sculpture, photography, and machine-made design from Bauhaus to the Memphis Group. He describes craft as uniquely blending function with a deeper expression of human values that transcend culture, time, and space. Craft must articulate a role for itself in contemporary society, says Risatti; otherwise it will be absorbed by fine art or design, and its singular approach to understanding the world will be lost.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Howard Risatti is professor emeritus of art history at Virginia Commonwealth University, UAS. His four previous books include Skilled Work: American Craft in the Renwick Gallery and Postmodern Perspectives: Issues in Contemporary Art.

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What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? In A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade ceramics, glass, metalwork, weaving, and furniture to painting, sculpture, photography, and machine-made design from Bauhaus to the Memphis Group. He describes craft as uniquely blending function with a deeper expression of human values that transcend culture, time, and space.

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What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? In A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade ceramics, glass, metalwork, weaving, and furniture to painting, sculpture, photography, and machine-made design from Bauhaus to the Memphis Group. He describes craft as uniquely blending function with a deeper expression of human values that transcend culture, time, and space.

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Verlag
The University of North Carolina Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1469600900
ISBN 13 
9781469600901
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
346
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