Author: Tom Doyle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765337517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Cursed by a Persian sorcerer and haunted by ancestors after a mission gone wrong, magician Army Captain Dale Morton is targeted by Major Michael Endicott, who would protect Dale despite Dale's possibly demonic nature.
American Craftsmen
Author: Tom Doyle
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765337517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Cursed by a Persian sorcerer and haunted by ancestors after a mission gone wrong, magician Army Captain Dale Morton is targeted by Major Michael Endicott, who would protect Dale despite Dale's possibly demonic nature.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765337517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Cursed by a Persian sorcerer and haunted by ancestors after a mission gone wrong, magician Army Captain Dale Morton is targeted by Major Michael Endicott, who would protect Dale despite Dale's possibly demonic nature.
Craftsman Homes
Author: Gustav Stickley
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145719
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
296 architectural drawings, floor plans, and photographs illustrate 40 different kinds of "Mission-style" homes from The Craftsman (1901-16), voice of American style of simplicity and organic harmony.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486145719
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
296 architectural drawings, floor plans, and photographs illustrate 40 different kinds of "Mission-style" homes from The Craftsman (1901-16), voice of American style of simplicity and organic harmony.
The Craftsman
Author: Richard Sennett
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141919418
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Why do people work hard, and take pride in what they do? This book, a philosophically-minded enquiry into practical activity of many different kinds past and present, is about what happens when people try to do a good job. It asks us to think about the true meaning of skill in the 'skills society' and argues that pure competition is a poor way to achieve quality work. Sennett suggests, instead, that there is a craftsman in every human being, which can sometimes be enormously motivating and inspiring - and can also in other circumstances make individuals obsessive and frustrated. The Craftsman shows how history has drawn fault-lines between craftsman and artist, maker and user, technique and expression, practice and theory, and that individuals' pride in their work, as well as modern society in general, suffers from these historical divisions. But the past lives of crafts and craftsmen show us ways of working (using tools, acquiring skills, thinking about materials) which provide rewarding alternative ways for people to utilise their talents. We need to recognise this if motivations are to be understood and lives made as fulfilling as possible.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141919418
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Why do people work hard, and take pride in what they do? This book, a philosophically-minded enquiry into practical activity of many different kinds past and present, is about what happens when people try to do a good job. It asks us to think about the true meaning of skill in the 'skills society' and argues that pure competition is a poor way to achieve quality work. Sennett suggests, instead, that there is a craftsman in every human being, which can sometimes be enormously motivating and inspiring - and can also in other circumstances make individuals obsessive and frustrated. The Craftsman shows how history has drawn fault-lines between craftsman and artist, maker and user, technique and expression, practice and theory, and that individuals' pride in their work, as well as modern society in general, suffers from these historical divisions. But the past lives of crafts and craftsmen show us ways of working (using tools, acquiring skills, thinking about materials) which provide rewarding alternative ways for people to utilise their talents. We need to recognise this if motivations are to be understood and lives made as fulfilling as possible.
The American Craftsman
The Colonial Craftsman
Author: Carl Bridenbaugh
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Excellent study examines lives and work of American cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers, printers, painters, blacksmiths, and many other artisans, before 1775. "A fascinating study." — The New Yorker. 18 illustrations.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Excellent study examines lives and work of American cabinetmakers, silversmiths, pewterers, printers, painters, blacksmiths, and many other artisans, before 1775. "A fascinating study." — The New Yorker. 18 illustrations.
The American Craftsman and the European Tradition, 1620-1820
Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement
Author: Kevin W. Tucker
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300118025
Category : Arts and crafts movement
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After three decades of Arts and Crafts exhibitions that have surveyed the entire movement or focused on its many regional manifestations, Gustav Stickley, the movement's central figure in the US, now receives his due. This exhibition catalogue, redolent with stunning color photographs of 100-plus selected Stickley pieces, draws its intellectual credibility from essays by six leading scholars of the Arts and Crafts movement: Tucker, Brandt, David Cathers, Joseph Cunningham, Beth Ann Macpherson, and Tommy MacPherson. They examine the cultural and economic circumstances of Stickley's emergence around 1900, the formulation of his business strategies and ideals, the role of Irene Sargent and The Craftsman magazine, the paradoxical nature of the craftsman home, and Stickley's own two homes. Stickley is a large subject, but this catalogue captures the essence of the man and his work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers. General Readers; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty; Professionals/Practitioners. Reviewed by J. Quinan.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300118025
Category : Arts and crafts movement
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After three decades of Arts and Crafts exhibitions that have surveyed the entire movement or focused on its many regional manifestations, Gustav Stickley, the movement's central figure in the US, now receives his due. This exhibition catalogue, redolent with stunning color photographs of 100-plus selected Stickley pieces, draws its intellectual credibility from essays by six leading scholars of the Arts and Crafts movement: Tucker, Brandt, David Cathers, Joseph Cunningham, Beth Ann Macpherson, and Tommy MacPherson. They examine the cultural and economic circumstances of Stickley's emergence around 1900, the formulation of his business strategies and ideals, the role of Irene Sargent and The Craftsman magazine, the paradoxical nature of the craftsman home, and Stickley's own two homes. Stickley is a large subject, but this catalogue captures the essence of the man and his work. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; general readers. General Readers; Upper-division Undergraduates; Graduate Students; Researchers/Faculty; Professionals/Practitioners. Reviewed by J. Quinan.
Craft in America
Author: Jo Lauria
Publisher: Potter Style
ISBN: 0307346471
Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft
Publisher: Potter Style
ISBN: 0307346471
Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft
American Bungalow Style
Author: Robert Winter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068480168X
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In the tradition of The Wright Style, this lush volume captures the charm of that Arts and Crafts-era building type called the bungalow--and provides a wealth of ideas for restoring and decorating these historic American homes. 300+ full-color photos. 14 black & white photos. Line drawings.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068480168X
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
In the tradition of The Wright Style, this lush volume captures the charm of that Arts and Crafts-era building type called the bungalow--and provides a wealth of ideas for restoring and decorating these historic American homes. 300+ full-color photos. 14 black & white photos. Line drawings.
Art and Labor
Author: Eileen Boris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Eileen Boris explores the ways in which the Arts and Crafts Movement was related to the trends of its time. She both describes the leading participants and puts the movement into a new and larger context that involves labor as well as art.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Eileen Boris explores the ways in which the Arts and Crafts Movement was related to the trends of its time. She both describes the leading participants and puts the movement into a new and larger context that involves labor as well as art.