Risatti, Howard,  1943- <br/><br/>
A theory of craft :  function and aesthetic expression / 
Howard Risatti ; foreword by Kenneth R. Trapp. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2007. 
 - xvi, 327 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-316) and index. 
<br/><br/>pt. 1. Practical-functional arts and the uniqueness of craft: questions about terminology -- pt. 2. Craft and fine art -- pt. 3. Issues of craft and design -- pt. 4. Aesthetic objects and aesthetic images. 
<br/><br/> What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade ceramics, glass, metalwork, weaving, and furniture to painting, sculpture, photography, and machine-made design from Bauhaus to the Memphis Group. He describes craft's unique qualities as functionality combined with an ability to express human values that transcend temporal, spatial, and social boundaries. Craft must articulate a role for itself in contemporary society, says Risatti; otherwise it will be absorbed by fine art or design and its singular approach to understanding the world will be lost. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807831359 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007011952 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Decorative arts--Philosophy.<br/>Design--Philosophy.<br/>Handicraft--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NK1110  / .R57 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>745.01