Sentences with phrase «simple utilitarian objects»

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Mingei was an influential part of an international Arts and Crafts movement that responded to the mechanization of industrial production with a complex respect for low culture, folk produced utilitarian objects of daily usage, and mass produced objects of simple and beautiful design.

This is done using great attention to craft in sculptures that elevate simple utilitarian forms, that are themselves utilitarian, or made from found objects.

In the late 1960s, Guston's abstractions gradually evolved into stark, semi-figurative forms, beginning with heads and later simple, utilitarian objects, such as books, light bulbs, and shoes.