Practice question · Select all that apply
Which exclusions were built into the eighteenth-century system of the fine arts?
Hints
- Three were placed outside or below; one was at the centre of the category.
- Painting and sculpture are the paradigm cases of the fine arts.
Show the answer
- A. Objects made primarily to be used
- C. The applied and decorative arts
- D. Craft practices such as weaving and metalwork
Why
The first three define the boundary by what they exclude, and the exclusions were not neutral. Making utility suspect meant that an object designed to be used was, by construction, a lesser thing than one made to be contemplated, a judgement the Arts and Crafts movement and the Bauhaus both attacked directly.
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