Image from Coce

The invention of craft / Glenn Adamson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013Description: xxv, 243 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0857850644
  • 9780857850645
  • 0857850660
  • 9780857850669
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.5 23
LOC classification:
  • TT15 .A33 2013
Contents:
1. Manipulation -- 2. Mystery -- 3. Mechanical -- 4. Memory.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 745.5 ADA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A480801B

"Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Manipulation -- 2. Mystery -- 3. Mechanical -- 4. Memory.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha