Chapter 5 Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, students should be able to:
- Discuss the impact of the Great Depression on American craft
- Trace the impact of the Works Progress Administration on 1930s craft
- Explain the rise of the Machine Age
- Define Industrial Design
- Identify and explain the fallout of old techniques and processes in various craft media, and the rise of experimentation and new technologies within others
- Explain the changing role in university and alternative craft curricula and its impact on both education and consumerism
- Contextualize the influence of the Bauhaus system and the development of industrial design on crafts in the 1930s.
- Explain how new materials and technologies influenced some media in design and appearance.
- Discuss how artists were being challenged by and adapted to industry, especially through the growth of industrial design.
- Explain the indirect impact of the political and economic circumstances of the 1930s on the arts.
Chapter 5 Resource Lists
Here you will find useful reference lists associated with Chapter 5. Scroll down to view all resources, or select from the following to go directly to any category:
SUPPLEMENTARY READING (Chapter 5)
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CERAMISTS (Chapter 5)
- Russell Barnett Aitkin
- Arthur Eugene Baggs, Figure 5.11
- Faye G. Bennison
- Jane Bennison
- William Harry Bird
- Durlin Brayton
- Richard De Vore
- Edris Eckhardt, Figure 5.07
- Thelma Frazier Winter, Figure 5.06
- Myrtle Meritt French
- John Parker Glick
- Waylande Gregory, Figure 5.03
- Maija Grotell, Figure 5.10
- May Hamilton de Causse
- Genevieve Hamilton
- Charles Harder
- Victor Hauser
- John Kirchmayer
- Howard Kottler
- Glen Lukens, Figure 5.12
- Maria Martinez
- Michael Powolny
- Frederick Hürton Rhead, Figure 5.13
- Viktor Schreckengost, Figure 5.04, Figure 5.05
- John Stephenson
- Suzanne Stephenson
- Daniel Gale Turnbull
- Carl Walters, Figure 5.09
- Vally Wieselthier, Figure 5.08
- Russel Wright, Figure 5.14
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FIBER AND TEXTILE ARTISTS (Chapter 5)
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GLASS ARTISTS (Chapter 5)
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METALSMITHS AND JEWELRY MAKERS (Chapter 5)
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WOODWORKERS AND FURNITURE DESIGNERS (Chapter 5)
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ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS (Chapter 5)
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BUSINESS AND GALLERY OWNERS (Chapter 5)
- Hall Clovis
- Frances Louisa Goodrich
- Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr.
- Russell Vernon Hunter
- Ralph M. Pearson
- Frank Staples
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EDUCATORS (Chapter 5)
- George Booth
- John Andrew Rice
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MUSIC & PERFORMANCE ARTS (Chapter 5)
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PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS & SCULPTORS (Chapter 5)
- Jean Cocteau
- Salvador Dalí
- Alberto Giacometti
- Rockwell Kent
- Geza Maroti
- Carl Milles
- Augusta Savage
- Lorado Taft
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PATRONS (Chapter 5)
- Mrs. Randolph Coolidge
- Marie Cuttoli
- Julia Hoffman
- Eleanor Steel Reece
- John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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SCHOLARS, LEADERS, CURATORS, WRITERS & CRITICS (Chapter 5)
- Mary Austin
- Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
- Don Blanding
- Edgar Lee Hewett
- Philip Johnson
- William Morris
- Lewis Mumford
- Jesse Nusbaum
- Anna Wetherill Olmsted
- Herbert Read
- William Zorach
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EVENTS (Chapter 5)
- Century of Progress Exposition
- Ceramic National exhibitions
- Craftsman's Fair
- Eaton, Allen: Arts and Crafts of the Homelands exhibition
- Federal Art Project (FAP)
- GI Bill: and craft education
- Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco (1939)
- Great Depression
- New York world's fair (1939@-40)
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco (1915)
- Paris Exposition of 1925
- Paris Exposition of 1937
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Rural Arts Exhibition
- Worcester Art Museum: Contemporary New England Handicrafts exhibition
- World War II
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INSTITUTIONS & ORGANIZATIONS (Chapter 5)
- Alfred University, College of Ceramics
- American Academy in Rome
- American Ceramics Society
- American Federation of the Arts (AFA)
- American Handcraft Council
- Appalachian School
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Berea College
- Black Mountain College
- Blue Ridge Mountains Group
- Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Chicago School of Design
- Civil Works Administration (CWA)
- Civilian Conservation Corps
- Cleveland Institute of Art
- Cleveland Museum
- Cleveland Print Makers with Chapter Illustrations
- Cleveland School of Art
- Cooper Union
- Corcoran Gallery of Art
- Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Crow House
- Crow Island School
- Design Laboratory
- Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts
- Greenwich House settlement
- Harlem Community Art Center
- Howard University
- Hull-House
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Kunstgewerbeschule
- League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts (League of New Hampshire Craftsmen)
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Museum of Contemporary Crafts
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- National Forest Service
- New Age Group
- New England Guild
- New York Ceramics Society
- New York University
- Newark Museum
- Ohio State University
- Oregon College of Art and Craft
- Penland School of Handicrafts
- Pratt Institute
- Public Works of Art Project (PWAP)
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Rollins College
- Roswell Museum
- Royal College of Art, London
- Russell Sage Foundation
- School of Ceramic Engineering, Rutgers
- Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston (SACB)
- Southern Highlands Handicraft Guild
- Spanish Colonial Arts Society
- Syracuse Museum
- U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau
- University of Southern California
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Weavers of Rabun
- Wharton Esherick Museum
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Whitney Studio club
- Wiener Werkstätte
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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BUSINESSES (Chapter 5)
- Allanstand Cottage Industries
- Bigelow-Sanford
- Brayton-Laguna
- California potteries
- Catalina Pottery
- Chase Copper and Brass
- Contempora, Inc.
- Corning Glass Works
- Cowan Pottery Studio
- Crawford Shops
- Department stores
- Dobeckmun Company
- DuPont
- Gladding, McBean & Company
- Goodall Fabrics, Inc.
- Hall China
- Herman Miller, Inc.
- Homer Laughlin China Company
- J.A. Bauer Pottery
- Jugtown Pottery
- Lloyd Manufacturing Co.
- Metlox Potteries
- Nessen Lighting
- Penland Weavers and Potters
- Rabun Studios
- Revere Copper and Brass Company
- Roycroft
- Salem China
- Sandwich Home Industries
- Southern Highlanders, Inc.
- Steuben Glass Works
- Steubenville Pottery
- Tiffany & Co.
- Vernon Kilns
- Walt Disney Studios
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LOCATIONS (Chapter 5)
- Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe
- Rockefeller Center
- Timberline Lodge
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PUBLICATIONS (Chapter 5)
- Albers, Josef, Philip Johnson, and Alfred H. Barr Jr.: cover of Museum of Modern Art Machine Art Exhibition Catalogue
- American Magazine of Art
- Barr, Alfred H., Jr., Philip Johnson, and Josef Albers: cover of Museum of Modern Art Machine Art Exhibition Catalogue
- Design magazine
- Eaton, Allen: Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands, Handicrafts of New England, Immigrant Gifts to American Life
- Frazier Winter, Thelma: The Art and Craft of Ceramic Sculpture
- Hambidge, Jay: Dynamic Symmetry
- Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, Jr.: Modern Architecture
- Johnson, Philip, Josef Albers, and Alfred H. Barr Jr.: cover of Museum of Modern Art Machine Art Exhibition Catalogue
- Le Corbusier: Vers une architecture
- Loos, Adolf: Ornament and Crime
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
- Popular Mechanics
- The Handcrafter magazine
- The Weaver magazine
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STYLES & MOVEMENTS (Chapter 5)
- Abstraction
- American Limoges
- American Scene painting
- Art deco
- Art glass
- Art pottery
- Arts and Crafts movement
- Bauhaus
- Biomorphism
- Costume jewelry
- Cubism
- English Arts and Crafts
- Gothic style
- Handwork
- Industrial design
- Industrialization
- International Style
- Jazz music
- Manual-training movement
- Mass production
- Neoclassicism
- Santa Fe style
- Settlement houses
- Social realism
- Southern Highlands craft revival
- Spanish colonial style
- Studio pottery
- Surrealism
- Tourism
- Women's Movement
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