jon357
25 Sep 2024
Off-Topic / Arts and crafts [145]
Much the same.
Until Protestantism came along, they were often the only people outside a tiny tiny elite who could read or write and who had any sort of critical thinking skills. It was the monks who preserved knowledge and art. It was very much art rather than craft though. Craft was the art of the people and Gombrich wrote much about the perception that it's somehow inferior to fine art.
It took me a while on google but I found it. It's called Iris Folding. I might have a go.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_folding
Agree that the skill is incredible, but I strongly dislike the finished product. I find it soulless
Much the same.
Yet, it seems the western monks did contribute to saving Western culture, as Eastern monks did
Until Protestantism came along, they were often the only people outside a tiny tiny elite who could read or write and who had any sort of critical thinking skills. It was the monks who preserved knowledge and art. It was very much art rather than craft though. Craft was the art of the people and Gombrich wrote much about the perception that it's somehow inferior to fine art.
@jon357, interesting, does that craft have any particular name? 🤔
It took me a while on google but I found it. It's called Iris Folding. I might have a go.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_folding
