He tries to define or perhaps realign the contexts in which these ideas are used by analyzing the relationship between arts and crafts through the evolution or perhaps devolution of craft to art and vice-versa; relying particularly on the example of ceramics in the 1960's and 70's. ... He writes that there is no clear and decisive interpretation of definition between arts and crafts and that depending on the contexts it is put into there can be a certain amount of transgression between the two worlds. ... He goes on to outline the tangible aspects of usefulness, depending upon the...

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Edward Bullough says that psychical distance is created when art causes us to disengage from our ordinary emotions towards a thing or event and when it proceeds to remove the ordinary sense or uses of an object and an aesthetic is created. ... Consequently they are pushed back into their ordinary emotions, losing the psychical distance and disinterest and thereby losing the possibility of an aesthetic experience. ... He sets out four basic characteristics based on his studies of people involved with the art world. 1) perceptual experience comprises both the sensual presence of the piece as wel...

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The art is a communication tool to graffiti artists to speak their perspectives on many prevalent issues that concerns ordinary individuals. ... The art that was designed from these projects often portrayed the issues ordinary citizens faced from their day-to-day lives in a less monotonous way. ... Creswell differentiates between the form and process of graffiti, asking whether graffiti is still graffiti if it is taken from its illegal context on the walls of the city and placed in a gallery....

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Employing themes of patriotism, diligence, family, courtship, holidays and small embarrassments we can all relate-to Norman Rockwell celebrated ordinary Americans at play and at work with remarkable warmth and humor. ... I have also liked his usage of color, context, and focal points. ...

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