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Crafting modernism, midcentury American art and design, Jeannine Falino, general editor ; Jeannine Falino with Jennifer Scanlan, curators ; with essays by Glenn Adamson [and others]

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-353) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Crafting modernism

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Jeannine Falino, general editor ; Jeannine Falino with Jennifer Scanlan, curators ; with essays by Glenn Adamson [and others]

The history of twentieth-century American craft, v. 4

midcentury American art and design

Crafting Modernism: Midcentury American Art and Design is an in-depth examination of the American studio craft movement in the decades following World War II, with a focus on the major mediums (clay, wood, fiber, metal, jewelry, and glass) favored by the greatest craftspeople of the period. Published to coincide with an exhibition opening in October 2011 at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, this book explores the origins of the studio craft movement, the international influences that helped it grow in this country and abroad, and its convergence with the fine arts and design. This examination of the movement in the postwar years reveals how a new generation of craftspeople began to express cultural identity and artistic innovation through their work, which led to a proliferation of the craft movement in museums and exhibitions worldwide. A few of the many artists represented include Dale Chihuly, Charles and Ray Eames, Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima, and Peter Voulkos. -- Book Description

Craft is art is craft / Jeannine Falino -- Gatherings : creating the studio craft movement / Glenn Adamson -- Rothko and the Four Seasons commission : a parable of art and design at the mid-twentieth century / Lowery Stokes Sims -- The hand that helped the machine / Donald Albrecht -- Handmade modernism : craft in industry in the postwar period / Jennifer Scanlan -- An "exploding craft market," 1945-1969 / Caroline M. Hannah -- From design for production to off-loom sculpture / Elissa Auther -- American ceramics and the divergence of craft and art / Ulysses Grant Dietz -- Accommodating modernism : midcentury silversmithing and enameling / Bruce Metcalf -- A community emerges : the American studio jewelry movement, 1945-1969 / Ursula Ilse-Neuman -- Druids and dropouts : working wood, 1945-1969 / David L. Barquist -- Studio glass, 1945-1969 / Patricia Failing

Midcentury American art and design