Word: craftsmanship
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...Trollope addict?"Trollope tells a story as it should be told, lots of nourishment and no nonsense"?and finds a few minutes' perusal of Jane Austen's easy "rhythm" just right to prime his own writing pump. Like Trollope, he believes that "writing is high craftsmanship, rather than inspiration." His wit and seeming spontaneity generally come only after five revisions...
WILLIAM MORRIS, HIS LIFE, WORK AND FRIENDS, by Philip Henderson. A biography of the talented artist who dedicated his life to restoring beauty and craftsmanship to the working class of 19th century England...
...Adam Lenckhardt used a single tusk of ivory to create a 17-in.-tall Descent from the Cross. Commissioned by the 17th century Prince Eusebius von Liechtenstein, the piece is unsurpassed among baroque ivory groups, accordingly to Director Lee. It is notable for its dulcet softness, subtlety and exquisite craftsmanship...
...self-confident zealots whose faith and energies gave them a stature that the modern mini-man can only wonder at. A dozen specialist scholars -in politics, poetry, architecture, painting, interior design, cabinetry, fabrics-would be needed to catalogue his achievements. The aim of his life was to restore craftsmanship and beauty to a deprived industrial working class. He was concerned with the deep discrepancy between the dark satanic mills of industrial England and the idyl (real or imagined) of rural life hedged in tradition. It is a discrepancy still known in 20th century America, and it makes Morris' life...
...German industrial designer of the nineteenth century whose chairs revolutionized the idea of form in furnishings. Thonet was also concerned with processes of manufacture, so his well-designed furniture was made available to all for the first time at low prices. In this marriage of functionalism and craftsmanship, Thonet anticipated the 20th century precepts of the Bauhaus...