arts and crafts movement
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Arts and Crafts Movement
1850-1900
Introduction The Arts and Crafts movement began in
Victorian England, the cradle of the industrial revolution, the heart of mechanization,
and, at the time, the epitome of capitalist thinking.
Rebelling against the cheap, mass-produced object
populating the homes of the middle classes, the
originators of the Arts and Crafts movement stressed
anti-industrialism, the elevation of the individual
worker, the belief in rewarding labour and the handmade object, and the
ability of a beautiful and well designed environment
Introduction The movement was
both a philosophy and a style that
permeated domestic interiors,
including decorative arts and furniture, painting,
and textiles. Particularly in
Britain, the movement
critiqued the values of Victorian society and its increasingly rigid class structure and exploitation of
the labouring classes.
Inspirations
The socially progressive ambitions of the Arts and Crafts
movement were accompanied by a
new aesthetic focus that sought to
integrate art into daily life. In their rejection
of the current industrialist ethos,
theorists and designers looked to
the pre-industrial medieval past, the
natural world
Inspirations
Medivealism is the key
Spirit of Art and crafts
Left: Ceramic tiles by William De MorganAbove:: Silver bowl by Ashbee
Spirit of Art Nouveau
Up: Flemish tapestry Left: Oak wood chair byW.R
Lethaby
Morris & Co.
The Craft Guilds.
Charles Robert Ashbee
Beyond Britan