Craft in America : celebrating two centuries of artists and objects / Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton ; consulting art historian, Jonathan Leo Fairbanks ; with contributions by Mark Coir ... [and others] ; prologue by Jimmy Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lauria, Jo.

Contributor:

Fenton, Steve.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decorative arts--United States.

Decorative arts.

United States.

Physical Description:

320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Clarkson Potter, [2007]

Summary:

Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft

Contents:

pt. 1. Communities of culture. Religious communities and the honoring of the handmade

The arts and crafts movement in America, 1890-1930

Native communities-indigenous Crafts by American Indians

Communities of heritage-southern contributions

pt. 2. Communities of craft teaching. Rhode Island school of design (RISD)

California college of the arts

The cranbrook vision

School for American crafts, Rochester institute of technology

Black Mountain college

Craft schools and residency programs

pt. 3. The place of craft in America

The new studio crafts movement

Shaping craft in an American framework.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-291) and index.

ISBN:

0307346471

9780307346476

OCLC:

74029341