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On craftsmanship : towards a new Bauhaus / Christopher Frayling.

By: Series: Oberon mastersPublication details: London : Oberon Books, 2011.Description: 144 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781849430722
  • 1849430721
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- The schoolmaster and the wheelwrights -- Forever Ambridge -- Skill- a word to start an argument -- The professor of digging -- Things men have made -- The medium and the message -- Shape shifting -- The new Bauhaus.
Summary: Craftsmanship has again become fashionable in high places, just as it did in the last few recessions.The concept of craftsmanship has never been as relevant and timely as it is today. Assailed on all sides by - among many other tendencies - flexible working, short-termism, portfolio careers, quick-fix training and the cult of celebrity, it has recently re-entered public debate with a new sense of urgency. Why? This series of linked essays by the man who ran the Royal College of Art for many years explores the crafts in education, in history and literature, in the contemporary arts.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Purple 745.501 FRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 08765

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- The schoolmaster and the wheelwrights -- Forever Ambridge -- Skill- a word to start an argument -- The professor of digging -- Things men have made -- The medium and the message -- Shape shifting -- The new Bauhaus.

Craftsmanship has again become fashionable in high places, just as it did in the last few recessions.The concept of craftsmanship has never been as relevant and timely as it is today. Assailed on all sides by - among many other tendencies - flexible working, short-termism, portfolio careers, quick-fix training and the cult of celebrity, it has recently re-entered public debate with a new sense of urgency. Why? This series of linked essays by the man who ran the Royal College of Art for many years explores the crafts in education, in history and literature, in the contemporary arts.