> Craftsmanship today is vastly more advanced than it ever was before industry.
yes, but no. Many craft skills used in jewelry, architecture and others are lost. For example, some goldsmithing techniques well-known in the 1700s are not reproducible today.
And how much of today's craftsmanship would be impossible one, two or three centuries ago?
There has never been as much craftsmanship as today. The idea that industry destroyed craftsmanship is a caricature. Modern industry was built on top of deep craftsmanship traditions and only enriched them.
The fact that some things that we knew how to do centuries ago we no longer know how to do is by no means evidence to the contrary.
yes, but no. Many craft skills used in jewelry, architecture and others are lost. For example, some goldsmithing techniques well-known in the 1700s are not reproducible today.
source: trained goldsmith