TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alfoldy,Sandra
TI  - The allied arts: architecture and craft in postwar Canada 
T2  - McGill-Queen's/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in art history
SN  - 9780773539600
AV  - NA 745 .A43 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Montreal
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Canada
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Handicraft
KW  - Decorative arts
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Artisanat
KW  - Arts décoratifs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-̂218) and index
N2  - During periods of close collaboration, championed by figures like John Ruskin and William Morris, architecture and craft were referred to as "the allied arts." By the mid-twentieth century, however, it was more common for the two disciplines to be considered distinct professional fields, with architecture having little to do with studio craft. The Allied Arts investigates the history of the complex relationship between craft and architecture by examining the intersection of these two areas in Canadian public buildings. Sandra Alfoldy explains the challenges facing the development of the field of public craft and documents the largely ignored public craft commissions of the post-war era in Canada. The book highlights the global concerns of material, scale, form, ornament, and identity shared by architects and craftspeople. It also examines the ways in which the allied arts are mediated by institutions and the fragility of craft commissions once considered an integral part of the built environment. Considering a wide range of craftspeople, materials, and forms - from the ceramics of Jack Sures and Jordi Bonnet to the textile work of Mariette Rousseau Vermette and Carole Sabiston - Alfoldy celebrates the successes of architectural craftsmanship. The first work of its kind, The Allied Arts develops ideas about the complex relationship between architecture and craft that reach well beyond national boundaries
ER  -