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100			_aRisatti, Howard _929459
245			_aTheory of craft : function and aesthetic expression _hBook
260			_aChapel Hill _bUniversity of North Carolina Press _c2007
300			_axviii,327p.
500			_aCONTENTS 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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