The Arts and Crafts Movement Flashcards
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how it all started
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- founded by William Morris (1834-1896)
- to reclaim the pre-industrial spirit of medieval english society
- since industrialisation degraded the average person into a nameless and faceless consumer whose wants and needs were dictated by producers
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aims of the movement
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- to combine skill and patience to create beautiully handcrafted objects
- to improve the quality of life by elevating the arts to a level of fine arts
- to reject modernity and industry
- to educate the working class about good taste
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characteristics of the arts and crafts movement
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- Truth to materials
- Simple forms
- Natural motifs
- The vernacular of British countryside
- Islamic aesthetics
- Japanese ideas
- dynamic compositions
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facts about William Morris
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- an architect and designer
- believed that all design should be based on nature
- he saw as the spiritual remedy to the inferior standards of art and design during the Industrial Revolution.
- founded the Kelmscott Press to create beautiful handmade books
- designed furniture, stained glass, wallpapers, textiles and pottery objects.
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How William Morris influenced the Arts and Crafts Movement
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- encouraged the movement to return to simple figures, colours and ornamental backgrounds.
- emphasis on “decorative honesty”
- The Century Guild founded in 1882, under the influence of William Morri
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The Morris Chair
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- reclining chair, with a reclining back, moderately high armrests, and notches to adjust the degree of slant desired
- It was sold widely both in the UK and (in adapted form) in North America
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Two Designs by Morris
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- strawberry Thief textile
- morris chair
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Facts about Charles Voysey
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- 1857–1941
- an English architect and furniture and textile designer.
- He has been considered one of the pioneers of Modern Architecture
- architect of a number of notable country houses
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About Charles Voysey’s work
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- domestic architecture draws heavily on vernacular rather than academic tradition.
- relying on the innate beauty of high quality materials, especially unpolished oak.
- rhythmically contrasted shapes
- childlike, flat patterns for wallpapers
- dark or pale outlines
- Voysey’s work stylized natural forms
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Facts about Charles Ashbee
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1863-1942
- English designer and entrepreneur
- set up his Guild and School of Handicraft in 1888 in London.
- metalworking, producing jewellery and enamels as well as hand-wrought copper and wrought ironwork, and furniture
seek not only to set a higher standard of craftsmanship, but at the same time, and in so doing, to protect the status of the craftsman.
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The Peacock by Charles Ashbee
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- one of Ashbee’s favourite and most distinctive motifs
- Ashbee peacock pendant is extremely rare because of the unusual colour combination of the opals, enamel and peridot
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The Silver and enamel mustard pot by Charles Ashbee
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- inspired by Japan
- focus on the quality of materials and simplicity of form.
- reflected the old ideals of craftsmanship with artistic form, shape and colour.
