Definitions from The Free Dictionary
nouns:
1. Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency. An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry. The membership of such an occupation or trade; guild.
Verbs: craft·ed, craft·ing, crafts
1. To make by hand.
2. To make or construct (something) in a manner suggesting great care (skill) or ingenuity:
in Wikipedia Encyclopedia, Arts & Crafts Movement:
The term crafts is often used to describe the family of artistic practices within the family decorative arts that traditionally are defined by their relationship to functional or utilitarian products (such as sculptural forms in the vessel tradition) or by their use of such natural media as wood, clay, glass, textiles, and metal.
Craft as a classification
In English, to describe something as a craft is to describe it as lying somewhere between an art (which relies on talent) and a science (which relies on knowledge). In this sense, the English word craft is roughly equivalent to the ancient Greek term techne, which means skill or handiwork.
"A craft is the practical application of an art, rather than art as an end in itself."
Art:
creative forms of expression.
"An expressive exploration of the formal and emotional possibilities of an artistic medium." Collingwood
creative forms of expression.
"An expressive exploration of the formal and emotional possibilities of an artistic medium." Collingwood
Quotations that help me understand art:
"I make pots. . .to understand the nature of form. . .and for the elation that goes with discovering the unknown.” Len Castle
"I make pots. . .to understand the nature of form. . .and for the elation that goes with discovering the unknown.” Len Castle
"Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible" [Paul Klee Inward Vision]
"Art is...pattern informed by sensibility" [Herbert Read The Meaning of Art]
"Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures" [Georges Braque Pensées sur l'art]
"True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation" [Thomas Bailey AldrichPonkapog Papers]
"Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others" [Walter Lippmann The Golden Rule and After]
"Art is...pattern informed by sensibility" [Herbert Read The Meaning of Art]
"Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures" [Georges Braque Pensées sur l'art]
"True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation" [Thomas Bailey AldrichPonkapog Papers]
"Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others" [Walter Lippmann The Golden Rule and After]
In the excellent article below, art philosopher Denis Dutton discusses ways that craft or craftsmanship differs from art. Here are some quotes that resonate with me in understanding these differences.
"With craft, and not with art, there is “a distinction between planning and execution” such that the “result to be obtained is preconceived or thought out before being arrived at. The craftsman ... knows what he wants to make before he makes it.”
"If the creation of the work of art is as much an exploration and a struggle and a discovery for the artist as for the audience, then the artist becomes in a sense a member of the audience too."
"With craft, and not with art, there is “a distinction between planning and execution” such that the “result to be obtained is preconceived or thought out before being arrived at. The craftsman ... knows what he wants to make before he makes it.”
"If the creation of the work of art is as much an exploration and a struggle and a discovery for the artist as for the audience, then the artist becomes in a sense a member of the audience too."
"It is not, then, the medium or even the person that makes art art and craft craft. It is rather the character of the making involved. As all arts in some way involve techniques that can be taught and learned, that are to some extent governed by rules and routine, and that produce a preconceived result, all arts involve craft. And most crafts beyond plumbing and auto repair can be expressive, can explore the novel and undiscovered possibilities of a medium — and hence can be in that respect arts. But there is no mechanical way to discover in an artistic performance the elements of art and of craft. In making these distinctions we are delivered into a grey and nebulous area which called for aesthetic judgement. Craft is, in fact, one of the borderlands of art."
The Difference Between Art & Craft by Denis Dutton
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