Title: An anthology of the arts and crafts movement : writings by Ashbee, Lethaby, Gimson and their contemporaries
Abstract: Contents: Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: The Development of the Movement 1880-1889: Introduction 1.1 Lewis F. Day: General statements on design and ornament, 1882 1.2 The Century Guild (1882-8) 1.3 The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (1888-1961) 1.4 The National Association for the Advancement of Art and its Application to Industry (1888-91) Chapter Two: The Movement Takes Shape 1890-99: Introduction 2.1 Art and Handicraft by John D. Sedding, 1893 2.2 The Guild and School of Handicraft in London's East End (1888-1902) 2.3 Kenton and Company 1890-2: Suppliers of 'Furniture of good design and the best workmanship' 2.4 Architecture as Craft (2 extracts from Architecture, a Profession or an Art edited by R. Norman Shaw and T.J. Jackson, London 1892) 2.5 'Plain Handicrafts': Practical Advice for Craftsmen and Women (3 extracts from Plain Handicrafts edited by A.H. Mackmurdo, London 1892) 2.6 Art and Dress: The Healthy and Artistic Dress Union and its Journal Aglaia 2.7 The Architect's Role in Interior Design 2.8 Art, Beauty and Utility in Everyday Life (3 extracts from Art and Life, and the Building and Decoration of Cities, lecture series, London 1897) 2.9 A Designer in the Cotswolds: Letters from Ernest Gimson 1894-1899 2.10 Arts and Crafts Aesthetics and the Commercial World: Furniture Chapter Three: Arts and Crafts Practice and Education 1900-09: 3.1 'Text-books of workshop practice': Handbooks on the Artistic Crafts edited by W.R. Lethaby 3.2 Women in the Crafts 3.3 Arts and Crafts Aesthetics and the Commercial World: Domestic Lighting 3.4 Workshops in the Cotswolds: letters from Sidney Barnsley and Ernest Gimson1902-7 3.5 The Guild of Handicraft in Chipping Campden, 1902-8 3.6 C.R. Ashbee: On Arts & Crafts Education 3.7 C.R. Ashbee: On Town versus Country 3.8 Restating the values of the Movement, 1905 3.9 Craftsmanship and Design (3 extracts from The Arts Connected with Building edited by T. Raffles Davison, London 1909) Chapter Four: The Decline of the Movement in England 1910-19: 4.1 Ananda Coomaraswamy: On the Loss of Handicraft and the Destruction of Culture 4.2 C.R. Ashbee: On the Purpose and Future of the Arts & Crafts Movement 4.3 The Craft and Machinery Debate: Letters from Ernest Gimson to W.R. Lethaby 1916 4.4 The 1916 Arts and Crafts Exhibition 4.5 On the Future of the Crafts in the Cotswolds Chapter Five: The Legacy of the Arts and Crafts Movement 1920 and after: 5.1 Roger Fry: On Art in Modern Society 5.2 On Modern Design 5.3 Herbert Read: On Technical Education 5.4 On the Legacy of Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement Biographies Select Bibliography Index.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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