Title: By the Head and by the Hands
Subtitle: The School of Arts and Crafts in Brno 1924–2024
Original title: Hlavou a rukama
Original subtitle: Škola uměleckých řemesel v Brně 1924–2024
Book language: Czech-English edition
Editor: Lada Hubatová-Vacková
Translator: Martin Tharp
Designed by: Jiří Mocek
Publisher: UMPRUM
ISBN: 978-80-88622-32-1
Selling price: 1.550 CZK
Binding: V7
Formate: 230 x 300 mm
Number of pages: 668
Project: https://mistatvorivosti.umprum.cz/en/
How did modern art and design emerge in Brno, and what were the methods for arts-and-crafts education? This publication captures the century-long story of one Central European school that combined local folkloric traditions with the experimental artistic avant-garde, servility to political establishments with daring intellectual freedom, traditional craft skills with new media. The outcome of a project of team research and presents many original scholarly studies along with previously unknown visual materials. More at: https://mistatvorivosti.umprum.cz/en/.