TY  - BOOK
AU  - Risatti, Howard
TI  - Theory of craft : function and aesthetic expression
SN  - 0807831359
U1  - 745.501 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
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N1  - CONTENTS Foreword by Kenneth R. Trapp xi Preface xiii Introduction i PART  I Practical-Functional Arts and the Uniqueness of Craft: Questions about Terminology 13 1. Purpose, Use, and Function  23 2. Taxonomy of Craft Based on Applied Function  29 3. Different Applied Functions: Tools and Craft Objects  41 4. Comparing Machines, Tools, and Craft Objects  48 5. Purpose and Physiological Necessity in Craft  54 6. Nature and the Origin of Craft Objects  60 PART II Craft and Fine Art 67 7. What Are the Fine Arts and What Do They Do?  71 8. Social Convention versus Physical Necessity  78 9. Craft, Fine Art, and Nature  87 10. Technical Knowledge and Technical Manual Skill 98 u. Hand and Body in Relation to Craft  108 12. Hand and Body in Relation to Fine Art  116 13. Physicality versus Opticality  127 14. Thingness of the Thing  139 PART  III Issues of Craft and Design 151 15. Material and Manual Skill  157 16. Design, Workmanship, and Craftsmanship  162 17. Craftsman versus Designer  171 18. Implications of Craft and Design 182 19. Hand, Machine, and Material 194 PART  IV Aesthetic Objects and Aesthetic Images 207 20. A Historical Perspective of Craft and Aesthetic Theory 209 21. Aesthetics and the Function/Nonfunction Dichotomy 219 22. Kant and Purpose in Fine Art 232 23. Fine Craft, Fine Art, Fine Design 239 24. Intentionality, Meaning, and the Aesthetic 251 25. Beauty, Contemplation, and the Aesthetic Dimension 262 26. How Aesthetic Contemplation Operates 273 27. Development of the Critical Objects of Studio Craft 281 Postscript 303 Bibliography 307 Index 317
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