
The Arts & Crafts Movement
Design, craftsmanship, and beauty in daily lifeBy Oscar Lovell TriggsLength3h 20m
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“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” This quote alone from William Morris could summarise the ideology of the Arts & Crafts movement, which triggered a veritable reform in the applied arts in England. Founded by John Ruskin, then put into practice by William Morris, the Arts & Crafts movement promoted revolutionary ideas in Victorian England. In the middle of the “soulless” Industrial Era, when objects were standardised, the Arts & Crafts movement proposed a return to the aesthetic at the core of production. The work of artisans and meticulous design thus became the heart of this new ideology, which influenced styles throughout the world, translating the essential ideas of Arts & Crafts into design, architecture and painting.
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Table of contents
1Introduction
7John Ruskin (London, 1819 - Coniston, 1900)
21 - Ruskin’s Contribution To The Doctrine Of Work
8Philip Speakman Webb (Oxford, 1831 - Worth, 1915)
32 - Morris And His Plea For An Industrial Commonwealth
9William Morris (Walthamstow, 1834 - Kelmscott, 1896)
43 - Ashbee And The Reconstructed Workshop
10William Frend De Morgan (London, 1839 - 1917)
54 - The Development Of Industrial Consciousness
11Walter Crane (Liverpool, 1845 - Horsham, 1915)
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6Major Artists
12Charles Robert Ashbee (London, 1863 - Sevenoaks, Kent, 1942)