Arts and Crafts was a British and American design movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that aimed to improve the quality of everyday design and make good design available to the widest possible audience. It was initiated by William Morris, who founded the design firm Morris and Co. in 1861 out of the Pre-Raphaelite circle, drawing its underlying philosophy from the writer John Ruskin, in reaction to the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution.
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Founded In PlaceBritish Isles (England) 1 Key PrincipleCentered on William Morris, called the grandfather of the international Arts and Crafts Movement, the movement insisted that decorative art be handcrafted and honestly made rather than mass-produced by industry. 2 Connections
Expressed In
Metalwork, Art Forms The Arts and Crafts Movement revived hand-worked metalwork through guilds such as C. R. Ashbee's Guild and School of Handicraft.
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Influenced
Art Nouveau, Movements The Arts and Crafts Movements revival of decorative craft and organic ornament directly fed into Art Nouveau across Europe.
Influenced By
Pre-Raphaelite ideals of craft and medieval revival, carried forward directly by William Morris, gave rise to the Arts and Crafts Movement.
Movement Members
Named the towering figure in late 19th-century design and the main influence on the movement by the movement's own Wikipedia treatment.
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1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationArts and Crafts movement, Origins and influences section
The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles.
Arts and Crafts movement, Development section
By about 1920 it can be considered as over in the UK, although the term continued in spurious use for various popular elements in design.
Influenced: Bauhaus, Bauhaus, Weimar section
Gropius, still very much under the influence of William Morris and the British Arts and Crafts Movement...
Movement Members: William Morris, Arts and Crafts movement, Origins and influences, William Morris section
William Morris (1834-1896) was the towering figure in late 19th-century design and the main influence on the Arts and Crafts movement.
Expressed In: Metalwork, Arts and Crafts movement article, Guild of Handicraft (C. R. Ashbee) section
The guild's work is characterised by plain surfaces of hammered silver, flowing wirework and coloured stones in simple settings.
Movement Members: Gamble House, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B._Gamble_House, infobox Architectural style field
Bungalow in American Craftsman style of Arts and Crafts Movement
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The Art Story FoundationWilliam Morris, Accomplishments sectionQuote, William Morris, Accomplishments section
William Morris is often seen as the grandfather of the international Arts and Crafts Movement.
Arts and Crafts Movement (New World Encyclopedia)
New World Encyclopedialead sectionQuote, lead section
The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century. In part a reaction to the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution, the movement was inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and his romantic idealization of the craftsman taking pride in his personal handiwork.
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Tate, United KingdomArt Terms: Arts and CraftsQuote, Art Terms: Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts was a design movement initiated by William Morris in 1861 which aimed to improve the quality of design and make it available to the widest possible audience. The Arts and Crafts Movement emerged from the Pre-Raphaelite circle with the founding of the design firm Morris and Co. in 1861 by William Morris.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who started the Arts and Crafts Movement?
William Morris initiated it, founding the design firm Morris and Co in 1861 out of the Pre-Raphaelite circle he belonged to. He drew the movement's underlying philosophy from the writer John Ruskin, and the whole project was a reaction against the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution: the aim was to improve the quality of everyday design and make good design available to the widest possible audience, in Britain and then in the United States.
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