Women Artists and the Decorative Arts 1880-1935

Women Artists and the Decorative Arts 1880-1935
Author: Janice Helland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1351761188

This title was first published in 2002. To date, studies explaining decorative practice in the early modernist period have largely overlooked the work of women artists. For the most part, studies have focused on the denigration of decorative work by leading male artists, frequently dismissed as fashionably feminine. With few exceptions, women have been cast as consumers rather than producers. The first book to examine the decorative strategies of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century women artists, Women Artists and the Decorative Arts concentrates in particular on women artists who turned to fashion, interior design and artisanal production as ways of critically engaging various aspects of modernity. Women artists and designers played a vital role in developing a broad spectrum of modernist forms. In these essays new light is shed on the practice of such well-known women artists as May Morris, Clarice Cliff, Natacha Rambova, Eileen Gray and Florine Stettheimer, whose decorative practices are linked with a number of fascinating but lesser known figures such as Phoebe Traquair, Mary Watts, Gluck and Laura Nagy.

Encountering Craft

Encountering Craft
Author: Chandan Bose
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2023-06-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000864316

This book reflects on the methodological challenges and possibilities encountered when researching practices that have been historically defined and classified as ‘craft.’ It fosters an understanding of how methodology, across disciplines, contributes to analytical frameworks within which the subject matter of craft is defined and constructed. The contributions are written by scholars whose work focuses on different craft practices across geographies. Each chapter contains detailed case study material along with theoretical analysis of the research challenges confronted. They provide valuable insight into how methodologies emerge in response to particular research conditions and contexts, addressing issues of decolonization, representation, institutionalization, and power. Informed by anthropology, art history and design, this volume facilitates interdisciplinary discussion and touches on some of the most critical issues related to craft research today.

Library Catalog

Library Catalog
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1064
Release: 1960
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The Nation

The Nation
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 798
Release: 1919
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: