Word: craftsmanship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...workmanship. In fact, not until the late 19th century was there even a word for fine arts, as opposed to mingei, or folk skills. As Manhattan's Asia House Gallery currently shows (see opposite page), the roots of Japanese art lie deep in its tradition of anonymous craftsmanship...
...example, etna, often painted reliefs of white horses, were Shinto offerings that recall live horses dedicated to the god spirit Kami, who rode a sacred horse while blessing his worshipers. Ema horses were bought for a song and were left in temples; but they were executed with such extraordinary craftsmanship that they are today treasured as works...
...Craft Society has 3,000 members and the government has named 31 craftsmen as living "Intangible Cultural Assets." And though critics deplore the endless stream of lacquerware and transistorized radios sold by Japan to the world, few criticize the elegance of such objects. Even in an age of industrialization, craftsmanship still remains a living tradition as old as Japan...
...Wedgwood, under the direction of the founder's great-great-great-grandson, has kept pace with the 20th century, has a complete line of modern ceramic ware. But the firm still continues to make many of the wares that Josiah Wedgwood originally designed. Not a whit of the craftsmanship that makes Wedgwood endure has changed. A current exhibition at the Paine Art Center and Arboretum in Oshkosh. Wis., brings together nearly 700 pieces of early Wedgwood, showing that the most fragile art has the most abiding colors (see opposite page...
Left Turns. Early Bird is a miracle of delicate electronics and advanced space-craftsmanship. The first problem was how to get it into an equatorial orbit from Cape Kennedy. If the cape were on the equator, Early Bird's rocket would have been asked only to carry it to the desired height and push it up to the proper speed-about 7,000 m.p.h. But the cape is 28° north of the equator, so Early Bird had to make a more complicated maneuver, turning sideways when it reached orbiting height. This left turn in space was accomplished nimbly...