The Politics of Writing About Making
This chapter argues that writing about their own art was a political act through which artistes presented themselves and their work as central to France's projects of improvement. They did so by discussing the features that distinguished them from other artisans and by articulating a theory of cognition based on sensorial intelligence. Artistes reacted to the conception of a slowly moving artisanal world, countering that in artisanal workshops, opportunities for improvement occurred frequently though they often went unnoticed because of the artisans' ignorance and attachment to routine. Artistes, by contrast, were able to improvise and be in the moment when serendipitous opportunities presented themselves.
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1974 ◽
Vol 32
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pp. 316-317
1968 ◽
Vol 26
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pp. 146-147
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1990 ◽
Vol 48
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pp. 362-363
2012 ◽
Vol 22
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pp. 82-89
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