The invention of craft / Glenn Adamson.

Main entry:

Adamson, Glenn, author.

Title & Author:

The invention of craft / Glenn Adamson.

Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2018]
©2013.

Description:

xxv, 243 pages, [16] pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Originally published: London: Bloomsbury, 2013.
Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Manipulation -- Mystery -- Mechanical -- 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.

ISBN:

9781350088092 (paperback)
1350088099 (paperback)

Subject:

Handicraft History.
Industrial arts History.
Workmanship History.
Artisanat Histoire.
Métiers Histoire.
Qualité du travail Histoire.
Crafts.
Handicraft
Industrial arts
Workmanship

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
History
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 317001
Call No.: 317001
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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