Craft In America : Celebrating Two Centuries Of Artists And Objects

  • Craft In America : Celebrating Two Centuries Of Artists And Objects
  • Title

    • Craft In America : Celebrating Two Centuries Of Artists And Objects
  • Attribution

    Jo Lauria and Stephen Fenton ; prologue by Jimmy Carter
  • Format

    Book
  • Published

    2007
  • Availability

  • Call Number

    • 745.09 Lau
  • Description and Reviews

    The only book of its kind and the companion book to the PBS series of the same name, Craft in America highlights the work of Americaâ??s most interesting craft artists past and present. from designers of the Arts and Crafts Movement for whom handmade objects held a moral integrity and righteousness to the government-sponsored WPA artists who created in the service of their nation, to todayâ??s studio artists reimagining meaning and methods, Craft in America unfolds a rarely examined side of our history. Craft in America will take you on an aesthetic adventure through the evolution of craft and reveal what makes American crafts uniquely ours. summarized from Amazon.com
  • Authors

  • Subject

  • Contents

    • pt. 1. Communities of culture. Religious communities and the honoring of the handmade
    • The arts and crafts movement in America, 1890-1930
    • Native communities-indigenous Crafts by American Indians
    • Communities of heritage-southern contributions
    • pt. 2. Communities of craft teaching. Rhode Island school of design (RISD)
    • California college of the arts
    • The cranbrook vision
    • School for American crafts, Rochester institute of technology
    • Black Mountain college
    • Craft schools and residency programs
    • pt. 3. The place of craft in America
    • The new studio crafts movement
    • Shaping craft in an American framework.
  • ISBN

    • 0307346471
    • 9780307346476
  • LCCN

    • 2006034839

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