We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT 1s a fully illustrated history of the revolutionary movement that swept England, the United States and Europe from the middle of the 19th century. It was a movement of disparate views. For its early leading lights, William Morris and C. R. Ashbee, it was a nostalgic return to the guilds and handicrafts of medieval times; for Frank Lloyd Wright and the Bauhaus designers, it provided a direct inspiration to harness the more advanced technology and mass-production methods of an accelerating industrial age. Yet, these thoughtful, often visionary architects, designers and craftsmen agreed on one principle: that a well-designed environment fashioned with handsome and soundly constructed buildings, furniture, tapestries, ceramics and metalwork would serve to improve the fabric of modern society for producers and consumers alike. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT looks at its leading personalities, their creative output and the philosophy behind their methods of production and design. From the initial inspiration of Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin, the author follows the work of Morris, Walter Crane, C. F. A. Voysey, A. H. Mackmurdo, Louis C. Tiffany, Candace Wheeler, Elbert Hubbard, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and a host of others. The work of printers, bookbinders, ceramicists, furniture and glass makers, jewellers, painters, sculptors and architects is fully illustrated and discussed, and the thoughts of contemporary followers and commentators on the Movement are given their rightful place. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in the decorative arts, past and present, and provides a fascinating background to the rich traditions and theories that form the cornerstone of 20th-century design.
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