Arts and Crafts Movement Facts

The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British, Canadian, and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealization of a craftsperson taking pride in their personal handiwork, it was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910.

It was a reformist movement that influenced British, Canadian, and American architecture, decorative arts, cabinet making, crafts, and even the "cottage" garden designs of William Robinson or Gertrude Jekyll. Its best-known practitioners were William Morris, Charles Robert Ashbee, T. J. Cobden Sanderson, Elbert Hubbard, Walter Crane, Nelson Dawson, Phoebe Anna Traquair, Herbert Tudor Buckland, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Christopher Dresser, Edwin Lutyens, William De Morgan, Ernest Gimson, William Lethaby, Edward Schroeder Prior, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene, Charles Voysey, Christopher Whall and artists in the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

In the United States, the terms American Craftsman, or Craftsman style are often used to denote the style of architecture, interior design, and decorative arts that prevailed between the dominant eras of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, or roughly the period from 1910 to 1925.

In Canada, the term Arts and Crafts predominates, but the term Craftsman is also recognized.

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Q. Help me with my art homework. What is art and crafts movement?
Asked by Letitia M - Tue Nov 18 17:36:49 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The Arts and Crafts movement initially developed in England during the second half of the 19th century. Subsequently this style was taken up by American designers, with somewhat different results. In the United States, the Arts and Crafts style was also known as Mission style. Here's lots of wonderful information:
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Q. especially renaissance, regency and revival, baroque, rococo, georgian, arts and crafts and the modern movement... THANKS xxx
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A. Believe it or not... Wikipedia has an AWESOME article and TONS of photos of examples of the history of architecture AND a timeline! From Prehistoric architecture to Pre-Columbian. Western Architecture Classical to Eclecticism Which includes Classical architecture to Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. Modern Functionalism Futurist architecture Expressionist architecture International Style International Style Stalinist architecture Postmodern architecture AND Deconstructivist Architecture
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