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Japanese: Kunstgewerbe
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...Then, led by the industrialization of society, the idea of ​​distinguishing crafts from fine arts as industrial products became an important factor in determining the concept of crafts. The French term art technique (scientific and technical arts) and the German term Kunstgewerbe (industrial arts) for crafts are based on this idea. However, while crafts were considered to be industrial products, as long as they were made by hand or with simple machines, this was only a concept, and there was no real difference between crafts and fine arts.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kunstgewerbe" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そこでこれ以後社会の工業化に導かれて,工芸を工業的産物として美術と区別する考え方が,工芸の概念を決定する重要な要素となっていった。工芸のことをフランス語でアール・テクニクart technique(科学技術的芸術),ドイツ語でクンストゲウェルベKunstgewerbe(工業的芸術)というのは,この考え方に基づくものである。 ところで,工芸を工業的産物とみなすといっても,手や簡単な機械によってつくられていたうちは,それは観念上のことでしかなく,美術との間に実質的な違いはなかった。…

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