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Duringperiodsofclosecollaborationchampionedbyx19gureslikeJohnRuskinandWilliamMorrisarchitectureandcraftwerereferredtoasx1cthealliedarts.x1dBythemid-twentiethcenturyhoweveritwasmorecommonforthetwodisciplinestobeconsidereddistinctprofessionalx19eldswitharchitecturehavinglittletodowithstudiocraft.TheAlliedArtsinvestigatesthehistoryofthecomplexrelationshipbetweencraftandarchitecturebyexaminingtheintersectionofthesetwoareasinCanadianpublicbuildings.SandraAlfoldyexplainsthechallengesfacingthedevelopmentofthex19eldofpubliccraftanddocumentsthelargelyignoredpubliccraftcommissionsofthepost-warerainCanada.Thebookhighlightstheglobalconcernsofmaterialscaleformornamentandidentitysharedbyarchitectsandcraftspeople.Italsoexaminesthewaysinwhichthealliedartsaremediatedbyinstitutionsandthefragilityofcraftcommissionsonceconsideredanintegralpartofthebuiltenvironment.Consideringawiderangeofcraftspeoplematerialsandformsx13fromtheceramicsofJackSuresandJordiBonnettothetextileworkofMarietteRousseauVermetteandCaroleSabistonx13Alfoldycelebratesthesuccessesofarchitecturalcraftsmanship.Thex19rstworkofitskindTheAlliedArtsdevelopsideasaboutthecomplexrelationshipbetweenarchitectureandcraftthatreachwellbeyondnationalboundaries.SandraAlfoldyisprofessorofcrafthistoryatNSCADUniversityandassociatecuratorofx19necraftattheArtGalleryofNovaScotia.ThehistoryofwomenandartinCanadahasoftenbeencelebratedasastoryofprogressfromamateurtoprofessionalpractice.RethinkingProfessionalismchallengesthisnarrativebyquestioningtheassumptionsthatunderliethecategoryofartisticprofessionalismaconstructasinx1auentialforartisticpracticeasithasbeenforarthistoricalunderstanding.Throughaseriesofin-depthstudiescontributorsexaminechangestotheinfrastructureoftheartworldthatresultedfromapowerfuldiscourseofprofessionalizationthatemergedinthelate-nineteenthcentury.Whilemanywomenembracedthisnewmodelothersfellbythewaysidebarredfromprofessionalstatusbyvirtueoftheirclasstheirethnicityortheverynatureoftheartworkstheyproduced.Therichlyillustratedessaysinthiscollectiondepictthechangingnatureoftheprofessionalparadigmasitwasexperiencedbywomenpaintersphotographerscraftspeoplearchitectscuratorsgallerydirectorsandartteachers.Insodoingtheydemonstratetheongoingpoweroffeministarthistorytodisruptpatternsofthoughtthathavebecomenaturalizedandaccordinglyinvisible.GoingbeyondthenarrativesofrecoveryorexclusionthatthecategoryofprofessionalismhastraditionallyencouragedRethinkingProfessionalismexplorestheveryconsequencesoftellingthehistoryofwomenx19sartinCanadathroughthatlens.Foracompletelistofcontributorspleasevisitmqup.ca.KristinaHuneaultisassociateprofessorinarthistoryatConcordiaUniversityandaco-founderoftheCanadianWomenArtistsHistoryInitiative.JaniceAndersonisadjunctprofessorinarthistoryatConcordiaUniversityandaco-founderoftheCanadianWomenArtistsHistoryInitiative.7MQUPSPRING2012SPECIFICATIONSMcGill-Queenx19sBeaverbrookCanadianFoundationStudiesinArtHistoryApril2012978-0-7735-3966-265.00TCDN65.00SUS47.00cloth7x10440pp140colourillustrationsTheAlliedArtsArchitectureandCraftinPostwarCanadasandraalfoldyAgroundbreakingexplorationofthecollaborationsandtensionsbetweenarchitectureandcraft.RethinkingProfessionalismWomenandArtinCanada1850x131970editedbykristinahuneaultandjaniceandersonTherstcollectionofscholarlyessaysonwomenandartinCanadianhistoryARTHISTORYWOMENx19SSTUDIESARCHITECTUREVISUALARTSSPECIFICATIONSMcGill-Queenx19sBeaverbrookCanadianFoundationStudiesinArtHistoryMarch2012978-0-7735-4003-334.95ACDN34.95AUS24.99paper978-0-7735-3960-095.00SCDN95.00SUS62.00cloth7.5x9.75264ppcolourandbwillustrations