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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.


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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""A Theory of Craft" is destined to become required reading for undergraduate and graduate courses in art and craft history. . . . Risatti's writing is so forthright and sensible that one wants to take in every word, line by line, right up to his final conclusions. . . . Now we all have a book that articulates once and for all why [craft] is so important for the kind of world we live in."--"Ceramics Monthly" "A well-organized argument for the consideration of craft as art and its elevation in status. . . . An important contribution to the field of contemporary craft activity and its contributions."-"Wintherthur Portfolio" "An unprecedented effort to define crafts and to place the work in a cultural context, both differentiating it from and aligning it with other aesthetic activities. Risatti's fluent, knowledgeable approach and his emphatic categorizing should be widely read--not because he offers a final answer but because his extraordinary book is so stimulating and provocative."--Janet Koplos, senior editor, "Art in America" "Destined to become required reading for undergraduate and graduate courses in art and craft history. . . . A book worth waiting for."--"Ceramics Monthly" "With a writing style that is direct and engaging, Risatti examines the value of the handmade in an age of mass-production and constructs a critical framework for evaluating the place of craft media in today's art environment."--"FiberArts"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780807889077
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Function and Aesthetic Expression
  • ISBN-10: 0807889075
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2009
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 352


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