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Arts and Crafts movement
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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 and subsequently spread across the British Empire an
William Morris's design for Trellis wallpaper, 1862
William Morris's design for Trellis wallpaper, 1862
The Nature of Gothic by John Ruskin, printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press in 1892 in his Golden Type inspired by the 15th-century printer
The Nature of Gothic by John Ruskin, printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press in 1892 in his Golden Type inspired by the 15th-century printer Nicolas Jenson. This chapter from The Stones of Venice was a sort of manifesto for the Arts and Crafts movement.
Pugin's house "The Grange" in Ramsgate, from 1843. Its simplified Gothic Revival style, adapted to domestic building, helped shape the architecture of
Pugin's house "The Grange" in Ramsgate, from 1843. Its simplified Gothic Revival style, adapted to domestic building, helped shape the architecture of the Arts and Crafts movement.
William Morris, a designer and thinker who was a key influence on the Arts and Crafts movement
William Morris, a designer and thinker who was a key influence on the Arts and Crafts movement
Mingei
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The concept of mingei, variously translated into English as "folk craft", "folk art" or "popular art", was developed from the mid-1920s in Japan by a philosopher and aesthete, Yanagi Sōetsu, together
Arts and Crafts movement
…Art Nouveau. Arts and Crafts indeed criticised Art Nouveau for its use of industrial materials such as iron. In Japan, it emerged in the 1920s as the Mingei movement, promoting traditional craftsmanship. The term was first used by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson at a meeting of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society…
Thrown, combed tea bowl by Shōji Hamada
Thrown, combed tea bowl by Shōji Hamada
Leather Fireman's Coat, late 19th century. Brooklyn Museum
Leather Fireman's Coat, late 19th century. Brooklyn Museum
Thrown bowl by Bernard Leach
Thrown bowl by Bernard Leach
Inu-Hariko (Papier-mache Puppy Doll), ca. 1950. Brooklyn Museum
Inu-Hariko (Papier-mache Puppy Doll), ca. 1950. Brooklyn Museum