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【Paragraph 1】 Although we now tend to refer to the various crafts according to the materials used to constructthem—clay, glass, wood, fiber, and metal—it was once common to think of crafts in terms of function, which led to theirbeing known as the "applied " Approaching crafts from the point of view of function, we can divide them into simplecategories: containers, shelters and There is no way around the fact that containers, shelters, and supportsmust be The applied arts are thus bound by the laws of physics, which pertain to both the materials used intheir making and the substances and things to be contained, supported, and These laws are universal in theirapplication, regardless of cultural beliefs, geography, or If a pot has no bottom or has large openings in its sides,it could hardly be considered a container in any traditional Since the laws of physics, not some arbitrary decision,have determined the general form of applied-art objects, they follow basic patterns, so much so that functional forms canvary only within certain Buildings without roofs, for example, are unusual because they depart from the , not all functional objects are exactly alike; that is why we recognize a Shang Dynasty vase as being differentfrom an Inca What varies is not the basic form but the incidental details that do not obstruct the object's (Applied Arts and Fine Arts)
The word “they” in the passage refers to
○applied-art objects
○the laws of physics
○containers
○the sides of pots
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