Qualities of the Arts & Crafts Movement
This picture is of a wallpaper design by William Morris. This is an example of how the concentration of Arts & Crafts was in the intricute detail, floral forms, and this was done by hand, not machine.
- Legibility
- Brings back the Gothic style
- Symbols were printed with bright colors using wood blocks
- Intricate
- Disgards mass production
- Hand made
Impetus for Design Movement
- Because of the Industrial Revolution the quality production and design were replaced by mass production. William Morris saw the problem with "tastlessness" of the mass produced and wanted to bring back the craftsmenship and combine once again the craft and art.
2 Important Designers
- William Pickering- The Element of Euclid (1847) This was important to geometry with his use of color coding.
- Arthur H Mackmurds- Wren's City Churches (1833) High quality in design
Example of the Arts & Crafts Movement
(Outside the book)
This picture is of a wallpaper design by William Morris. This is an example of how the concentration of Arts & Crafts was in the intricute detail, floral forms, and this was done by hand, not machine.
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