Defining Art from Form
One of the first muddles that need clarifying is the sharp line often drawn to set off arts from crafts.How can anybody decide at first blush that a man who has a sense of form, an eye for color, and a definite quest for the beautiful is producing only a vessel - if he spins a lovely pot on his wheel, applies glowing glazes, and fires his work to produce a handsome jar glowing with a jewel-like finish?