Is it only ornamental? And why are they usually webbed feet (or at least they are in my experience)?
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To be fair the arts & crafts movement priced itself out of the mainstream.
***edit: why tf am I being downvoted for sharing objective fact about the Arts & Crafts movements at the turn of the century? While it transitioned into more of an upscale art in Britain, it did transition into more mainstream mission style in America, yet ultimately World War 1 ended the Arts & Crafts movement in both nations. Eff you turds for downvoting objective fact you anti-intellectual turds. I’m as progressive and anti-corporate as it gets, you undereducated morons.
***edit 2: the parent comment to mine from iamnotafish with 109 upvotes is unequivocally wrong. British/American society did have those problems in the mid-1800s. The Arts & Crafts movement directly intentionally arose as a humanistic pushback against that exact sort of corporate dehumanization.
So here we have an example of a common .ml and others of the tankie triad technique. Come in, make a big fuss about something and the evils of capital society, then bail when they get pushback, in this case even deleting the account.
That artistry still exists but it costs more. The "products we buy" are cheap mass maufactued products that sell to a broad market. It's not just a pennies here and there difference.
Although, that can be a reason cheap products become basically disposable and that's completely lame, agreed.
Yes, there was broad appeal for fine handcrafted goods after the Industrial Revolution, so much that craftsmen were successful enough to make better livings selling higher-priced goods, just as it is today. It was a bit ironic that the Arts & Crafts movement started out “for the people / against industrialization” but soon became high-priced goods for the affluent.
Or they spent more time on a single piece.
Yes, top craftsmen would get deeper into their craft for their own personal interests and their previous commercial success afforded them the luxury to become more like—or essentially—fine artists.
Lemmy can suck like that. If you post something that can be misconstrued outside of our tiny Overton window, you get downvotes. Lots and lots of downvotes.
Yes. They shouldn't even have to purity test like in the second sentence.
We progressives are great at purity tests. IMO it's part of the reason big tent populists do better than us.
Identity is a strong motivator. Unfortunately, way stronger than any abstract social good.
Turn off downvotes for yourself. Much better experience. I never know unless someone is rude then I block them.
Your edits make me want to downvote you way more than the initial comment does.
hey man you go ahead and do whatever makes you feel smug n superior inside
No legitimately you’re whining so much about fake internet points and it couldn’t have been after more than a downvote or 2. Just like…care less what other people think dude. It’s fake internet point. It doesn’t matter.
I had seven dislikes from stablegeniuses mad about objective history, go be smug n stablegenius somewhere else plz. I don’t care about dislikes, I’m pissed about straightup Idiocracy, frito.
Calling others smug is clearly projection at this point.
You've come across as an unpleasant person and earned every down vote.
Bro I typed that the Arts & Crafts movement priced itself out of the mainstream.
So sorry this happened to you, I hope you can someday recover from this trauma.
Cool story.
Should have left it at that instead of getting all triggered over a couple downvotes.
Okaydokay Frito Pendejo.
I don’t know who tf you are but I’m guessing you’re a whiteboy midwit to assume you’re in any position in life to tell me how I should behave. Because you’re not in any position to tell me how to behave, stablegenius. Do better.
You are truly an insufferable ass and rather than accept that and self correct you just keep doubling down.
My favorite part is where you tell people they are in position to tell others how to behave while telling others how to behave.
You're such a hot headed never-wrong all your emotional intelligence has boiled off.
Interacting with you is a boost. You're ability to illuminate which side of the curve I'm has been wonderful.
Thank you for the perspective. I didn't need it but I'll take it.
Cool fantasy. You know literally nothing about me. Hope your imagination makes you feel better.
You’re right, this is silly. Appreciate it.
And negative on Vance Land - Louisiana. Very similar gun culture lol
My guess is that it's because Arts & Crafts is a foundational form of modernism and is thus kinda the opposite, stylistically speaking, of carving ornate feet like OP pictured.
Nah bro. In the US arts & crafts morphed into mission style, which was just straight flat planks at right angles for practical purposes, which I believe is what you are referencing. As I’d mentioned above, in Britain arts & crafts veered heavily toward the affluent with its high craftsmanship. Arts & Crafts also developed into the ornate art styles of Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Those are still modernism! They may be more ornate than than a Mondrian painting or something, but they sure aren't "ball and claw foot" ornate.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement :
Also, for that matter, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Nouveau :
Jfc your links agree with everything I’ve typed here. I know justabit about modern art movements. And that foot carving pictured in my opinion is strongly reminiscent of nouveau/deco sculpture and imagery.
I wouldn't say they priced themselves out, it's more that you can't economy-of-scale a small business in your living room. You can't beat Amazon at its own game.