Word: artisanal
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...only that touch of originality which makes for interest. They are surprisingly readable, and they are read. Perhaps the artist has always overtaxed himself, and has thus fallen short of his capabilities: perhaps the tremendous gush with which he has flooded the presses is but the indication of the artisan, Wells...
Twenty years ago at Waterloo. Iowa, Dr. Joseph Ambrose Jerger ingeniously mended Peter Grimes's broken right leg with metal plates. It was Dr. Jerger's first case. So, like a medieval artisan, he proudly signed each plate with his initials...
...derived from the constant supply of skilled labor, running time in the factory will be cut down and the worker will have greater leisure at his command. Greater leisure will mean heavier demands on the individual's own resources which must be developed through general education. For, unlike the artisan in medieval days, the modern man is unable to draw any real enjoyment from his work, and consequently he must look for it in another direction. When vocational specialization is carried down into a man's early years he can not form the general background necessary for a balanced life...
...purely anthropological will find the many types of household pottery of considerable interest. One quickly senses that the potter of Nuzi had a feeling for his art that was not bounded by the bit of produce he received in exchange for his ware. Certainly he was a master artisan...
...years after Moses had led the children of Israel from the wilderness and a diet of manna. King Hiram was something of an entrepreneur for his time: Solomon needed aid for the building of his temple, the mighty House of the Lord; Hiram had certain supplies and many artisans. They bargained. The outcome was that Hiram sent Solomon hewed cedars of Lebanon, gold and many an artisan. In return Solomon paid Hiram 20,000 measures of wheat and 20 measures of pure oil per year. (Seven years were required for the building of the Temple.) The subjects of Hiram were...