TY  - BOOK
AU  - Adamson,Glenn
TI  - The invention of craft
SN  - 9780857850645
AV  - TT15 .A33 2013
U1  - 745.5 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Handicraft
KW  - History
KW  - DESIGN
KW  - History & Criticism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Kunsthandwerk
KW  - gnd
KW  - Industriedesign
KW  - fast
KW  - cct
KW  - Industrial arts
KW  - Workmanship
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Manipulation -- Mystery -- Mechanical -- Memory -- Index; Manipulation -- Mystery -- Mechanical -- Memory
N2  - "Glenn Adamson's last book, Thinking Through Craft, offered an influential account of craft's position within modern and contemporary art. Now, in his engaging sequel, The Invention of Craft, his theoretical discussion of skilled work is extended back in time and across numerous disciplines. Adamson searches out the origins of modern craft, locating its emergence in the period of the industrial revolution. He demonstrates how craft was invented as industry's "other", a necessary counterpart to ideas of progress and upheaval. In the process, the magical and secretive culture of artisans was gradually dominated through division and explication. This left craft with an oppositional stance, a traditional or anti-modern position. The Invention of Craft ranges widely across media, from lock-making, wood-carving and iron-casting to fashion, architecture and design. It also moves back and forth between periods, from the 18th century to the present day, demonstrating how contemporary practice can be informed through the study of modern craft in its moment of invention"--
UR  - http://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz380860023inh.htm
ER  -