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020			_a0876331614 (cloth)
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020			_a0813532035
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050	0	0	_aNK808 _b.P495 2002
110	2		_aPhiladelphia Museum of Art.
245	1	0	_aCrafting a legacy : _bcontemporary American crafts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / _cSuzanne Ramljak ; with an introduction by Darrel Sewell.
260			_aPhiladelphia : _bPhiladelphia Museum of Art in association with Rutgers University Press, _cc2002.
300			_a191 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c30 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index.
520	1		_a"Published to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Crafting a Legacy showcases the Museum's burgeoning collection of contemporary American crafts. More than one hundred color plates illustrate many of the Museum's prime holdings in ceramics, wood, fiber, glass, metal, and furniture.
520	8		_aEntries on sixty-four featured artists, including Dale Chihuly, Wharton Esherick, Sheila Hicks, and Peter Voulkos, place their work in the context of the dynamic field of American crafts. Suzanne Ramljak reveals the valuable role that crafts play in contemporary culture and artistic practice. In a world of bland, mass-produced consumer goods and technologically mediated virtual experience, Ramljak argues that crafts - one-of-a-kind handmade objects - can reawaken our senses. In his introduction, Darrel Sewell, the Robert L.
520	8		_aMcNeil, Jr., Curator of American Art, outlines the history of the crafts collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as the vital role Philadelphia has played as a center for innovation in contemporary crafts. The book also includes an illustrated checklist of the Museum's more than three hundred holdings in contemporary crafts."--BOOK JACKET.
610	2	0	_aPhiladelphia Museum of Art _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aDecorative arts _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century _vCatalogs.
650		0	_aHandicraft _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century _vCatalogs.
700	1		_aRamljak, Suzanne.
942			_2lcc _cBOOKS _hNK808 .P495 2002