Table of Contents
Contents
Foreword by Kenneth R. Trapp
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Practical-Functional Arts and the Uniqueness of Craft: Questions about Terminology
1 Purpose, Use, and Function
2 Taxonomy of Craft Based on Applied Function
3 Different Applied Functions: Tools and Craft Objects
4 Comparing Machines, Tools, and Craft Objects
5 Purpose and Physiological Necessity in Craft
6 Nature and the Origin of Craft Objects
Part II: Craft and Fine Art
7 What Are the Fine Arts and What Do They Do?
8 Social Convention versus Physical Necessity
9 Craft, Fine Art, and Nature
10 Technical Knowledge and Technical Manual Skill
11 Hand and Body in Relation to Craft
12 Hand and Body in Relation to Fine Art
13 Physicality versus Opticality
14 Thingness of the Thing
Part III: Issues of Craft and Design
15 Material and Manual Skill
16 Design, Workmanship, and Craftsmanship
17 Craftsman versus Designer
18 Implications of Craft and Design
19 Hand, Machine, and Material
Part IV: Aesthetic Objects and Aesthetic Images
20 A Historical Perspective of Craft and Aesthetic Theory
21 Aesthetics and the Function/Nonfunction Dichotomy
22 Kant and Purpose in Fine Art
23 Fine Craft, Fine Art, Fine Design
24 Intentionality, Meaning, and the Aesthetic
25 Beauty, Contemplation, and the Aesthetic Dimension
26 How Aesthetic Contemplation Operates
27 Development of the Critical Objects of Studio Craft
Postscript
Bibliography
Index