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[469] Lee Sauder - Crossing the Creative Matrix

There are few disciplines that depend primarily upon visual observation for an understanding of human creativity and meaning behind objects. An art historian examines a composition to determine a work's authenticity and attribution; an appraiser closely examines a piece of jewelry to confirm its value; an archeologist learns to read an object as evidence of the physical process which produced it. But as viewers of art, we tend to suppress reading an object in favor of an appreciation of its aesthetic value.... (2003)

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[436] Samuel Yellin - Sketching in Iron

By the mid-nineteenth century, European ironwork was in decline due to innovations brought about by the Industrial Revolution. Cast iron was replacing the more time-consuming and skillfully made hammered iron, driving the decorative smith toward extinction. A French historian wrote that the last piece of decorative ironwork to be produced in the 'glorious tradition' of wrought iron was made in 1809 and surrounded the choir in the Cathedral of Notre Dame. One hundred years later - in 1909 Samuel Yellin established a blacksmith shop and attempted to recreate the quality craftsmanship found in historic ironwork.... (2003)

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