Glenn Adamson Thinking through Craft (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Thinking through CraftCondition: NewEAN: 9781350092631ISBN: 9781350092631Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual ArtsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/01/2018Item Height: 244mmItem Length: 172mmItem Weight: 476gAuthor: Glenn AdamsonLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 1350092630Description: Co-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonThis book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today's visual arts, when high ‘production values' are becoming increasingly commonplace. Yet craft's centrality to contemporary art has received little serious attention from critics and historians. Dispensing with clichéd arguments that craft is art, Adamson persuasively makes a case for defining craft in a more nuanced fashion. The interesting thing about craft, he argues, is that it is perceived to be 'inferior' to art. The book consists of an overview of various aspects of this second-class identity - supplementarity, sensuality, skill, the pastoral, and the amateur. It also provides historical case studies analysing craft's role in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, design, contemporary art, and the crafts themselves. Thinking Through Craft will be essential reading for anyone interested in craft or the broader visual arts.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Arts & PhotographyRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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