Craft in Critical Theory
For numerous reasons Aesthetic and critical theories about the nature of craft practice have been slow to develop. Whereas, since the modern swing in Art History at large, Fine Art practice has been surrounded by and furthered with profuse amounts of art theory and criticism Craft theory and criticism has been, in the same period, much harder to come by; though not non-existent.
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Famous quotes containing the words craft, critical and/or theory:
“In my craft or sullen art
Exercised in the still night
When only the moon rages
And the lovers lie abed
With all their griefs in their arms,”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done; men and women who are creative, inventive and discoverers, who can be critical and verify, and not accept, everything they are offered.”
—Jean Piaget (1896–1980)
“Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can’t see a painting.”
—Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)