Professional Documents
Culture Documents
c. 1880 - 1910
c. 1880 - 1910
Began in Britain, spread to America
Rejected:
The eclectic historicism and excessive
ornamentation of earlier and concurrent
Victorian styles
William Morris,
Artichoke Wallpaper, c1897
c. 1880 - 1910
Embraced:
A closer relationship between designer,
maker, and object
William Morris,
Artichoke Wallpaper, c1897
John Ruskin
The leading writer
on art and
design in Britain.
Inspired by Pugin,
Ruskin advocated the design
of the past, but was not
married to Gothic Style
or any one style.
Socialism
Ruskin
Believed that machines
and factory work limited
human happiness
Advocated finding joy in
work through a closer
relationship with craft
William Morris
Founder of the
Arts and Crafts Movement
Artisanal
production
improved
laborers
conditions
and edified
society
William Morris.
How I Became a Socialist,
London: Twentieth Century Press, 1896.
Walter Crane,
trademark
for
Walter
Chiswick
Press, 1898
10-13
10-17
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