Chapter 6 Learning Objectives
After studying this chapter, students should be able to:
- Discuss the impact of World War II on American craft
- Describe how materials reserved for war use were adapted for craft artists' use
- Explain how the G.I. Bill and other changes in the American education system boosted craft
- Chronicle the ways in which the lines between craft and art continue to blur as the twentieth century progresses
- Differentiate between studio artists and designers
- Realize the impact European artists who moved to America because of WWII had on American modernism
Chapter 6 Resource Lists
Here you will find useful reference lists associated with Chapter 6. Scroll down to view all resources, or select from the following to go directly to any category:
SUPPLEMENTARY READING (Chapter 6)
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CERAMISTS (Chapter 6)
- Laura Andreson, Figure 6.14
- William E. Artis
- Rudy Autio
- F. Carlton Ball, Figure 6.13
- Kathryn Uhl Ball
- Marianne De Trey
- Joseph Gilliard
- Thomas Samuel Haile, Figure 6.16
- Isaac Hathaway
- Edith Heath
- Heath Ceramics, Figure 6.18
- Sargent Johnson, Figure 6.09
- Albert King
- Max Krehan
- Henry Letcher
- Glen Lukens
- Gerhard Marcks
- Maria Martinez
- William Staite Murray
- Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Figure 6.11
- Richard Petterson
- Frederick Hürten Rhead
- Daniel Rhodes
- Edwin Scheier
- Mary Scheier, Figure 6.15
- Viktor Schreckengost
- Susi Singer, Figure 6.10
- Peter Voulkos
- Vally Wieselthier
- Frans Wildenhain
- Marguerite Wildenhain, Figure 6.12
- Beatrice Wood, Figure 6.17
- Eva Zeisel
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FIBER AND TEXTILE ARTISTS (Chapter 6)
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GLASS ARTISTS (Chapter 5)
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METALSMITHS AND JEWELRY MAKERS (Chapter 6)
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WOODWORKERS AND FURNITURE DESIGNERS (Chapter 6)
- Charles Eames
- Ray Kaiser Eames
- Tage Frid
- Bertrand Goldberg
- Molly Gregory
- A. Lawrence Kocher
- Carl Malmsten
- Isamu Noguchi
- James Prestini, Figure 6.08
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ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS (Chapter 6)
- Marcel Breuer
- Ralph Adams Cram
- Charles and Ray Eames, Figure 6.07
- Walter Gropius
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Eero Saarinen
- Eliel Saarinen
- Rudolph Schindler
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Russel Wright
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BUSINESS AND GALLERY OWNERS (Chapter 6)
- Richard Gump
- Alfonso Umaña Mendez
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EDUCATORS (Chapter 6)
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MUSIC & PERFORMANCE ARTS (Chapter 6)
- Josephine Baker
- Tally Beatty
- Claude Marchant
- Pearl Primus
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PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS & SCULPTORS (Chapter 6)
- Josef Albers
- Jean (Hans) Arp
- Alexander Calder, Figure 6.01
- Joseph Cornell
- José De Rivera
- Marcel Duchamp
- Hans Hofmann
- May Howard Jackson
- Paul Klee
- Jacques Lipchitz
- Henri Matisse
- Joan Miró
- László Moholy-Nagy
- Pablo Picasso
- Jackson Pollock
- Augusta Savage
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PATRONS (Chapter 6)
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Aileen Osborn Webb
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SCHOLARS, LEADERS, CURATORS, WRITERS & CRITICS (Chapter 6)
- Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
- Blanche Brown
- Garth Clark
- Mildred Constantine
- Juliana Force
- Marcus Garvey
- Gordon Herr
- Jane Herr
- Philip Johnson
- William Morris
- Eliot Noyes
- Lila O'Neale
- Henri-Pierre Roché
- Sigrid Wortmann Weltge
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EVENTS (Chapter 6)
- Ceramic National exhibitions
- Federal Art Project (FAP)
- GI Bill
- Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco (1939)
- Japanese Americans: internment of
- National Decorative Arts and Ceramics Exhibitions
- Paris Exposition of 1925
- World War I
- World War II
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INSTITUTIONS & ORGANIZATIONS (Chapter 6)
- Alfred University, College of Ceramics
- America House
- American Craft Council (ACC)
- American Federation of the Arts (AFA)
- Archie Bray Foundation
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Black Mountain College
- California College of Arts and Crafts (CCAC)
- Chicago School of Design
- Cleveland Museum
- Cleveland School of Art
- Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Handcraft Cooperative League of America
- Happy Valley School
- Kunstgewerbeschule
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Midwest Designer-Craftsmen
- Mills College
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Museum of New Mexico
- National Art Education Association
- Pond Farm
- Pratt Institute
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- School for American Craftsmen (SAC)
- Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston (SACB)
- University of California, Berkeley
- Weimar Bauhaus
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Wichita Art Association
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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BUSINESSES (Chapter 6)
- American Designers Gallery
- Betty Parsons Gallery
- Castleton China
- Department stores
- Hall China
- Herman Miller, Inc.
- J.A. Bauer Pottery
- KleinReid
- Lightolier Company
- Pacific Clay Products
- Red Wing Pottery
- Reg/wick Handwoven Originals
- Rena Rosenthal Gallery
- Syracuse China
- Willard Gallery
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LOCATIONS (Chapter 6)
- Palace of the Legion of Honor
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PUBLICATIONS (Chapter 6)
- Albers, Anni: On Designing, On Weaving
- American Craft magazine
- Art and Architecture
- Art Digest
- Ball, F. Carlton: Decorating Pottery with Clay, Slip, and Glaze; Making Pottery without a Wheel
- Bates, Kenneth: Enameling: Principles and Practice; Enameling for Fun and Profit
- Ceramics Monthly
- Craft Horizons magazine
- House Beautiful magazine
- International Studio magazine
- Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr.: Prestini's Art in Wood
- The Weaver magazine
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STYLES & MOVEMENTS (Chapter 6)
- Abstraction
- Art pottery
- Arts and Crafts movement
- Bauhaus
- Colonial revival
- Costume jewelry
- Cottage industries
- Craft education
- Industrial design
- International Style
- Jazz music
- Manual-training movement
- Mass production
- Occupational therapy
- Primitive art
- South Kensington system
- Southern Highlands craft revival
- Surrealism
- Women's Movement
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