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A Theory of Craft: Function and Aesthetic Expression

by Howard Risatti

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What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? 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's unique qualities as functionality combined with an ability to express human values that transcend temporal, spatial, and social boundaries. 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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About the Author

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

Contents

Foreword by Kenneth R. Trapp

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Practical-Functional Arts and the Uniqueness of Craft: Questions about Terminology

1 Purpose, Use, and Function

2 Taxonomy of Craft Based on Applied Func

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780807831359
Subtitle:
Function and Aesthetic Expression
Author:
Risatti, Howard
Foreword by:
Trapp, Kenneth R.
Foreword:
Trapp, Kenneth R.
Author:
Trapp, Kenneth R.
Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Press
Subject:
General
Subject:
Design - General
Subject:
History : General
Subject:
General Crafts & Hobbies
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Design
Subject:
Design -- Philosophy.
Subject:
Decorative arts - Philosophy
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine
Subject:
-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mies van der Rohe; Sam Maloof; Richard Marquis; Pablo Picasso; Georg Simmel; Gottfried Semper; Edmund Husser
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
handmade ceramics; glass; metalwork; weaving; handmade furniture; painting sculpture; photography; machine-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mi
Subject:
-made design; Bauhaus; the Memphis Studio; Mark Rosenbaum; Marcel Duchamp; Howard Ben Tre; Myra Mimlitsch-Gray; Robert Rauschenberg; Suk-Jin Choi; Mies van der Rohe; Sam Maloof; Richard Marquis; Pablo Picasso; Georg Simmel; Gottfried Semper; Edmund Husser
Subject:
handmade ceramics
Subject:
Glass
Subject:
Metal Work
Subject:
Weaving
Subject:
handmade furniture
Subject:
painting sculpture
Subject:
Photography
Subject:
machine-made design
Subject:
Bauhaus
Subject:
the Memphis Studio
Subject:
Mark Rosenbaum
Subject:
Marcel Duchamp
Subject:
Howard Ben Tre
Subject:
Myra Mimlitsch-Gray
Subject:
Robert Rauschenberg
Subject:
Suk-Jin Choi
Subject:
Mies van der Rohe
Subject:
Sam Maloof
Subject:
Richard Marquis
Subject:
Pablo Picasso
Subject:
Georg Simmel
Subject:
Gottfried Semper
Subject:
Edmund Husserl
Subject:
Rene Descartes
Subject:
Martin Heidegger
Subject:
Ferdinand de Saussure
Subject:
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Subject:
Immanuel Kant
Subject:
craft and function
Subject:
applied arts
Subject:
fine arts design
Subject:
fine art aesthetic theory
Subject:
utilitarian objects
Subject:
General-General
Subject:
Medicine
Subject:
arcel Duchamp
Subject:
Hans-Georg Gada
Subject:
Mer
Copyright:
2007
Publication Date:
20071029
Binding:
Hardback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
44, 44 illus.
Pages:
352
Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.38 in
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