Craft For A Modern World

Author : Renwick Gallery
Publisher : Giles
ISBN 13 : 9781907804823
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Craft for a Modern World written by Renwick Gallery and published by Giles. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features over 180 highlights from the Renwick Gallery's remarkable collection of craft objects from the 19th century to the present.

Author : Kurt Helfrich
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568985831
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crafting a Modern World written by Kurt Helfrich and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crafting a Modern World examines a missing chapter in the history of mid-century modernism: the story of husband and wife design team Antonin and Noemi Raymond. This is the first comprehensive book in English on the duo that creatively transformed design from 1917 to 1966."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John Dickie
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1541724674
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Craft written by John Dickie and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insiders call it the Craft. Discover the fascinating true story of one of the most influential and misunderstood secret brotherhoods in modern society. Founded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Masonic influence became pervasive. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Masonic networks held the British empire together. Under Napoleon, the Craft became a tool of authoritarianism and then a cover for revolutionary conspiracy. Both the Mormon Church and the Sicilian mafia owe their origins to Freemasonry. Yet the Masons were as feared as they were influential. In the eyes of the Catholic Church, Freemasonry has always been a den of devil-worshippers. For Hitler, Mussolini and Franco, the Lodges spread the diseases of pacifism, socialism and Jewish influence, so had to be crushed. Freemasonry's story yokes together Winston Churchill and Walt Disney; Wolfgang Mozart and Shaquille O'Neal; Benjamin Franklin and Buzz Aldrin; Rudyard Kipling and 'Buffalo Bill' Cody; Duke Ellington and the Duke of Wellington. John Dickie's The Craft is an enthralling exploration of a the world's most famous and misunderstood secret brotherhood, a movement that not only helped to forge modern society, but has substantial contemporary influence, with 400,000 members in Britain, over a million in the USA, and around six million across the world.

Author : Rose Slivka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Crafts of the Modern World written by Rose Slivka and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pictorial compendium of over 400 objects of contemporary handicrafts from countries throughout the world.

Author : Perri Lewis
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448128102
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Material World written by Perri Lewis and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-11-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of the clichés often trotted out about craft, Perri Lewis makes it her task to bring the world of making into the 21st century. In Material World, Perri enlists the help of luminaries from the worlds of art, craft, design and fashion to share their knowledge and advice. Among these include Rob Ryan, Emma Bridgewater, Grayson Perry, Philip Treacy, Tatty Devine, Topshop and Tracey Emin. Instead of just giving the reader individual projects, you can learn the techniques for crafts such as paper-cutting, dress-making, printing, encrusting, leather work and tailoring. However, if you prefer more guidance, there are 15 projects to make, including découpage shoes, a patchwork Louis chair and a printed scarf. With the compiled words of wisdom of these experts, and Perri's own timeless advice, you'll be up and running with scissors in no time.

Author : Christine Guth
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520379810
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan written by Christine Guth and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crafts were central to daily life in early modern Japan. They were powerful carriers of knowledge, sociality, and identity, and how and from what materials they were made were matters of serious concern among all classes of society. In Craft Culture in Early Modern Japan, Christine M. E. Guth examines the network of forces--both material and immaterial--that supported Japan's rich, diverse, and aesthetically sophisticated artifactual culture between the late sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Exploring the institutions, modes of thought, and reciprocal relationships among people, materials, and tools, she draws particular attention to the role of women in crafts, embodied knowledge, and the special place of lacquer as a medium. By examining the ways and values of making that transcend specific media and practices, Guth illuminates the 'craft culture' of early modern Japan"--

Author : Bryan Sentance
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Craft Traditions of the World written by Bryan Sentance and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive survey of crafts worldwide. It explains and illustrates the techniques used in a particular craft, from backstrap weaving and papercutting to metal casting and wood carving, as well as their history. Featuring over 500 illustrations, it is suitable for those concerned with art, craft and decorative objects.

Author : Emily Freidenrich
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 145217024X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Almost Lost Arts written by Emily Freidenrich and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a celebration of tactile beauty and a tribute to human ingenuity. In-depth profiles tell the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques. Gorgeous photographs reveal these craftspeople's studios, from Oaxaca to Kyoto and from Milan to Tennessee. Two essays explore the challenges and rewards of engaging deeply with the past. With an elegant three-piece case and foil stamping, this rich volume will be an inspiration to makers, collectors, and history lovers.

Author : Wendy Kaplan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875871912
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America written by Wendy Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pamela H. Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226818241
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Lived Experience to the Written Word written by Pamela H. Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book focuses on how literate artisans began to write about their discoveries starting around 1400: in other words, it explores the origins of technical writing. Artisans and artists began to publish handbooks, guides, treatises, tip sheets, graphs and recipe books rather than simply pass along their knowledge in the workshop. And they tried to articulate what the new knowledge meant. The popularity of these texts coincided with the founding of a "new philosophy" that sought to investigate nature in a new way. Smith shows how this moment began in the unceasing trials of the craft workshop, and ended in the experimentation of the natural scientific laboratory. These epistemological developments have continued to the present day and still inform how we think about scientific knowledge"--