The Arts and Crafts Movement: A Study of Its Sources, Ideals, and Influence on Design Theory

Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press, 1980. Paperback. VG- with faint general wear, may have previous owners inscription. Color-illus. wraps with black lettering on green spine. 208 pp with 101 color and bw plates. Extensive study of the principles and theories underlying the Arts and Crafts movement. "Shows how Arts and Crafts attitudes were conditioned, on the one hand, by efforts of such reformers as Sir Henry Cole to create better standards for manufactured goods and, on the other, by the Ruskinian loathing for machinery. The development of the idea that a (truncated) corrupt society can never achieve anything of value in art, architecture, and design is traced through the work and theory of Pugin, Ruskin, and Morris." (dj of hardcover edition) And much more. Contents: 1. The sources -- Pugin -- The 1835 committee -- Henry Cole and the summerly venture -- The great exhibition -- 2. Ruskin's 'new road' -- The true functions of the workman -- Involvement -- The St. George's guild -- 3. Theory into practice: William Morris -- The Pre-Raphaelites and design -- The formation of the firm -- Definitions of the design process -- The democracy of art -- The Kelmscott Press -- 4. Guilds and guildsmen -- Mackmurdo and the century guild -- The art-worker's guild -- The arts and crafts exhibition society -- Walter Crane -- 5. Guildmen and industry -- Pottery -- Furniture -- Glass and textiles -- Silver and metalwork -- The National Association for the advancement of art and its application to industry -- 6. Ashbee and the craft of the machine -- The guild of handicraft at Chipping Campden -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- 7. Towards an efficiency style -- Lethaby and the central school -- European interpretations -- 8. Consolidation or eclipse? (Inventory #: 33312.1)