Exploring folk art : twenty years of thought on craft, work, and aesthetics / by Michael Owen Jones.
1993
NK805 .J665 1993eb
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Title
Exploring folk art : twenty years of thought on craft, work, and aesthetics / by Michael Owen Jones.
Author
Jones, Michael Owen.
ISBN
9780874213805 (electronic bk.)
0874213800 (electronic bk.)
0874211654
9780874211658
0874213800 (electronic bk.)
0874211654
9780874211658
Imprint
Logan : Utah State University Press, 1993.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (219 pages)
Call Number
NK805 .J665 1993eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)751695341
Summary
Jones explores the human impulse to create, the necessity for having aesthetically satisfying experiences, and the craving for tradition. He also considers topics such as making chairs, remodeling houses, using and preserving soda-fountain slang, preparing and eating food, and sculpting lifelike figures out of cement.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Part 1: Making Things. Violations of Standards of Excellence and Preference in Utilitarian Art
A Strange Rocking Chair ... The Need to Express, the Urge to Create
Part 2: Sensory Experiences. L.A. Re-dos and Add-ons: Private Space vs. Public Policy
Modern Arts and Arcane Concepts: Expanding Folk Art Study
The Proof Is in the Pudding: The Role of Sensation in Food Choice as Revealed by Sensory Deprivation
Part 3: Art at Work. Creating and Using Argot at the Jayhawk Cafe: Communication, Ambience, and Identity
A Feeling for Form, as Illustrated by People at Work
Aesthetics at Work: Art and Ambience in an Organization
Part 4: Methods and Concepts. Aesthetic Attitude, Judgment, and Response: Definitions and Distinctions
The Material Culture of Corporate Life
Preaching What We Practice: Pedagogical Techniques Regarding the Analysis of Objects in Organizations
Epilogue.
A Strange Rocking Chair ... The Need to Express, the Urge to Create
Part 2: Sensory Experiences. L.A. Re-dos and Add-ons: Private Space vs. Public Policy
Modern Arts and Arcane Concepts: Expanding Folk Art Study
The Proof Is in the Pudding: The Role of Sensation in Food Choice as Revealed by Sensory Deprivation
Part 3: Art at Work. Creating and Using Argot at the Jayhawk Cafe: Communication, Ambience, and Identity
A Feeling for Form, as Illustrated by People at Work
Aesthetics at Work: Art and Ambience in an Organization
Part 4: Methods and Concepts. Aesthetic Attitude, Judgment, and Response: Definitions and Distinctions
The Material Culture of Corporate Life
Preaching What We Practice: Pedagogical Techniques Regarding the Analysis of Objects in Organizations
Epilogue.
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. (http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212)
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