Shaker Furniture: The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect

Rome, Sydney C.; Andrews, Edward Deming; Andrews, Faith

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“…As such, they fall under Danto's account of art. And so, we may add, does for instance the works of the shakers, for whom all work was 10.6 a sacrament, and every man-made object thus a celebration and tribute to God (Andrews & Andrews, 1950).…”

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Design and the Function of Art

Brix

2015

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Western thought tends to categorically separate art from “mere” artefacts: The arts serve no function except for aesthetic contemplation, while artefacts are functional objects intended for a specific purpose.This separation has caused some confusion as to the field of design, which may sometimes belong to either and at other times neither: not really art but not just utility. Thus the concept of design has fluctuated between the putative luxury of art and the practical necessity of technology. The beaux-art view saw design as an art form in its own right. Contemporary views, in contrast, tend to emphasize design’s capacities for problem solving, innovation and the like—to the extent of turning design itself into a “mere tool” for economic growth.This article examines how the art-artefact dichotomy, rooted in the notion of “function,” permeates contemporary design discourse. Through discussion of two examples, it reveals some of the logical inconsistencies the dichotomy gives rise to.Having demonstrated the shortcomings of such separation, it turns to discuss its origin in thought: Language separates, while things, as such, are whole. Further discussion of even more examples attempts to show how our perception of things is governed and directed by our discourses, and how this may cause us to overlook important features of both things in general and the potential of design in particular.

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Design and the Function of Art

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2015

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“…Among their many contributions to modern design we can find the reclining chair, along with the ladder-back chair and more. Since cleanliness was close to godliness according to Shaker belief, furniture had to be easy to clean, light enough to move when dusting, not to gather dust and of coursebe highly functional (Kassay, 1980;Andrews and Andrews, 1964). Two of the most famous Shaker chairs were the ladder-back chair and the rocking chair.…”

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