Craft, Space and Interior Design, 1855–2005
Sandra Alfoldy editor Janice Helland editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:26th Mar '08
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Constructed space is defined by its shape, by the materials with which it is enclosed and by the objects that are placed within or decorate its exterior or interior. The interaction of these crafted objects or decorated surfaces with space provides viewers or inhabitants with visual clues about the environment as well as visual cues about decorum: viewers can know what kind of behaviour is expected and what the space means. Furnishings and dress, textile panels and clay pots, stained glass and gesso panels, all defined as craft or decorative art, give architectural space, defined as high art, its character: without craft, architecture is empty and devoid of meaning. This engaging collection of essays presents the first sustained exploration of the relationship of craft to architectural spaces. The book unravels the complex ways in which craft controls, manipulates, organises and defines space, to highlight how the relationship between craft and space can be understood as a form of communication between related parts that combine to form a unified whole.
’The collected essays in Craft, Space and Interior Design, 1855-2005 make a pioneering contribution to the field of 'crafted space', a term used to define the symbiotic relationship between architectural space and the objects that animate it.’
Ornamentum
ISBN: 9780754657064
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 657g
244 pages