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"The way that only certain activities are [[Classificatory disputes about art|classified today as art]] is a [[Social constructionism|social construction]]. The art history book ''[[The Invention of Art]]'' (2003), referencing "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]" (1951) by Paul Oskar Kristeller, finds evidence that the older system of the arts before our modern system ([[fine art]]) held art to be any [[skill]]ed [[human activity]] i.e. [[Ancient Greek society]] did not possess the term art but ''[[techne]]''. Techne can be understood neither as [[art]] or [[craft]], the reason being that the distinctions of art and craft are historical products that came later on in human history. ''Techne'' included [[painting]], [[sculpting]] and [[music]] but also; cooking, medicine, [[horsemanship]], [[geometry]], [[carpentry]], [[prophecy]], and farming etc." --Sholem Stein "The way that only certain activities are [[Classificatory disputes about art|classified today as art]] is a [[Social constructionism|social construction]]. The art history book ''[[The Invention of Art]]'' (2003), referencing "[[The Modern System of the Arts]]" (1951) by Paul Oskar Kristeller, finds evidence that the older system of the arts before our modern system ([[fine art]]) held art to be any [[skill]]ed [[human activity]] i.e. [[Ancient Greek society]] did not possess the term art but ''[[techne]]''. Techne can be understood neither as [[art]] or [[craft]], the reason being that the distinctions of art and craft are historical products that came later on in human history. ''Techne'' included [[painting]], [[sculpting]] and [[music]] but also; cooking, medicine, [[horsemanship]], [[geometry]], [[carpentry]], [[prophecy]], and farming etc." --Sholem Stein
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-"It also identified high art with non-[[functional]] objects. For [[Charles Robert Cockerell|Cockerell]], in order to be a truly [[disinterested]] vehicle of artistic ideas, a genre had to be severed from perceivable [[use-value]]. For this reason, he positions [[architecture]] alongside the [[decorative arts]]. For [[Richard Redgrave|Redgrave]], utility was irrelevant. The [[intention]] behind the creation of the object was the key to its status as art. Using a position usually associated with [[John Ruskin]], he was arguing that an was a quality that could be applied to any ..." --''[[The Culture of Craft]]'', [[Peter Dormer]], 1997+"It also identified high art with non-[[functional]] objects. For [[Charles Robert Cockerell|Cockerell]], in order to be a truly [[Disinterestedness |disinterested]] vehicle of artistic ideas, a genre had to be severed from perceivable [[use-value]]. For this reason, he positions [[architecture]] alongside the [[decorative arts]]. For [[Richard Redgrave|Redgrave]], utility was irrelevant. The [[intention]] behind the creation of the object was the key to its status as art. Using a position usually associated with [[John Ruskin]], he was arguing that an was a quality that could be applied to any ..." --''[[The Culture of Craft]]'', [[Peter Dormer]], 1997
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"The way that only certain activities are classified today as art is a social construction. The art history book The Invention of Art (2003), referencing "The Modern System of the Arts" (1951) by Paul Oskar Kristeller, finds evidence that the older system of the arts before our modern system (fine art) held art to be any skilled human activity i.e. Ancient Greek society did not possess the term art but techne. Techne can be understood neither as art or craft, the reason being that the distinctions of art and craft are historical products that came later on in human history. Techne included painting, sculpting and music but also; cooking, medicine, horsemanship, geometry, carpentry, prophecy, and farming etc." --Sholem Stein


"It also identified high art with non-functional objects. For Cockerell, in order to be a truly disinterested vehicle of artistic ideas, a genre had to be severed from perceivable use-value. For this reason, he positions architecture alongside the decorative arts. For Redgrave, utility was irrelevant. The intention behind the creation of the object was the key to its status as art. Using a position usually associated with John Ruskin, he was arguing that an was a quality that could be applied to any ..." --The Culture of Craft, Peter Dormer, 1997

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A craft is a skill, especially involving practical arts. It may refer to a trade or particular art.

The term is often used as part of a longer word (and also in the plural). For example, a craft-brother is a fellow worker in a particular trade and a craft-guild is, historically, a guild of workers in the same trade. See some further examples below.

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