WORLD OF ART EIGHTH EDITION CHAPTER 13 The Craft Media World of Art, Eighth Edition Henry M Sayre Copyright © 2016, 2013, 2010 by Pearson Education, Inc or its affiliates All rights reserved Learning Objectives of Characterize the difference between craft and fine art Describe the different ceramic methods and materials Outline some ways in which glass has become an artistic medium Describe some of the different uses of fiber in the arts Learning Objectives of Explain why gold has been a favored material since ancient times Describe the uses and limitations of wood as an art material Introduction • "Craft" media are distinguished from fine arts because they make functional objects • The large-scale installation the event of a thread consists of a white silk cloth hanging on an interconnected suspension system As audience members swing on swings, the silk responds Ann Hamilton, the event of a thread 2012 Large-scale installation, Park Avenue Armory, New York, December 5, 2012– January 6, 2013 Courtesy of Ann Hamilton Studio [Fig 13-1] The Crafts as Fine Art of • If a work is primarily meant to be used, it may be classified as a craft; conversely, if it is mainly meant to be experienced or seen, it may be classified as art • Josiah Wedgwood and the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution coincided with this distinction Josiah Wedgwood, Pegasus Vase ca 1785 Jasper quartz, height 18" The British Museum, London [Fig 13-2] Josiah Wedgwood, Queen's Ware dinner service (detail) ca 1790 Private collection Photo © Christie's Images/Bridgeman Images [Fig 13-3] The Crafts as Fine Art of • Wedgwood created both "ornamental ware" and "useful ware." The latter was able to be manufactured quickly and efficiently; it also established the artist's reputation and supported his business The ornamental ware was almost always decorated with low-relief Greek figures to authorize it as art Attributed to the Manner of Peleus Painter, Red-figure calyx-krater ca 450–440 BCE Height 18", diameter 18-1/2" British Museum, London 1772,0320.26 © The Trustees of the British Museum [Fig 13-4] Tutankhamun Hunting Ostriches from His Chariot, base of the king's ostrich-feather fan ca 1335–1327 BCE Beaten gold, × 7-1/4" Egyptian Museum, Cairo akg-image/Erich Lessing [Fig 13-30] Metal of • Metals were increasingly used in jewelry, as seen in the Persian Griffin bracelet The Oxus treasure from which it was discovered was stolen from Muslim merchants by bandits who sought to melt it down Captain F C Burton rescued the treasure and donated the griffin bracelet to a museum in London Griffin bracelet, from the Oxus treasure ca 500–400 BCE Gold and stones, diameter 5" British Museum, London De Agostini/Bridgeman Images [Fig 13-31] Metal of • Benvenuto Cellini's saltcellar for Francis I is actually a functional salt and pepper shaker Salt is represented by the male figure of Neptune and Pepper is represented by the female figure Benvenuto Cellini, Saltcellar: Neptune (Sea) and Tellus (Earth) 1540–43 Gold, niello work, and ebony base, height 10-1/4" Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna akg-image/Erich Lessing [Fig 13-32] Metal of • Chris Burden collected cast-iron street lamps made in the 1920s and 30s, painting them all to uniform gray and installing them in tight rows with proper wiring Urban Light was eventually installed in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with 202 lamps in its final form Chris Burden, Urban Light 2000–07 Two hundred and two restored cast-iron antique street lamps, 26' 8-1/2" × 57' 2-1/2" × 58' 8-1/2" Los Angeles County Museum of Art Wood of • Since wood is fragile, few wood artifacts survive from ancient cultures • Cedar is a favored wood for Native American artists on the Northwest coast The Heiltsuk chest is an example of an object designed to contain family heirlooms and clan regalia; a clan leader would use it as a ceremonial seat Heiltsuk, Bent-Corner Chest (Kook) ca 1860 Yellow and red cedar, and paint, 21-1/4 × 35-3/4 × 20-1/2" Seattle Art Museum Gift of John H Hauberg and John and Grace Putnam 86.278 Photo: Paul Maciapia [Fig 13-34] Wood of • Wood has been a preferred material for making furniture • The chest made by Thomas Dennis or William Searle shows panels carved in a popular style with symmetry of design Its design is rich and elaborate in its celebration of the natural world founded in the United States in the 1660s Attributed to Thomas Dennis or William Searle, Chest, made in Ipswich, Massachusetts 1660–80 Red oak, white oak, 29-3/4" × 4' 1-1/8" x 21-3/8" Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Critical Process Thinking about the Crafts as Fine Art • Crochet Coral Reef was founded by the Wertheim sisters in order to draw attention to dying coral reefs • In its structure, the crochet models hyperbolic geometry, "high mathematics." How is society affected by the analogy between "women's work" and this "high art?" Institute for Figuring, Crochet Coral Reef project 2005–ongoing Created and curated by Margaret and Christine Wertheim Photo: Alyssa Gorelick [Fig 13-36] Thinking Back of Characterize the difference between craft and fine art Describe the different ceramic methods and materials Outline some ways in which glass has become an artistic medium Describe some of the different uses of fiber in the arts Thinking Back of Explain why gold has been a favored material since ancient times Describe the uses and limitations of wood as an art material ... underglaze blue, diameter 14-1/4" Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rogers Fund, 1916 .13 © 2015 Image copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art/ Art Wayne Higby, Lake Powell Memory—Seven Mile Canyon 1996... County Museum of Art Smits Ceramics Purchase Fund, AC1997.91.1.1-.4 © 2015 Digital Image Museum Associates/LACMA /Art Resource New York/Scala, Florence © Wayne Higby [Fig 13- 10] Porcelain of • EarthCloud... and fine art Describe the different ceramic methods and materials Outline some ways in which glass has become an artistic medium Describe some of the different uses of fiber in the arts Learning