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Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1800 to 1900 > Arts & crafts design
Otto Prutscher (1880-1949) was an architect and a designer in all
applied arts media, as well as an exhibition designer, teacher and
member of all the important arts and crafts movements, from the
Secession to the Wiener Werkstatte and the Werkbund. The MAK -
Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna - possesses a comprehensive
graphic bequest and many significant objects from Prutscher's
design oeuvre. Selected examples of Prutscher's creative work
document his long-lasting influential role as a designer and
artistic adviser for decorative art companies from Johann Loetz to
Thonet. The publication conducts an audit of Prutscher's work as a
pacemaker of Viennese modernism - over twenty years since the last
show in Vienna and seventy years on from his death. Text in English
and German.
The Arts and Crafts Movement was a reaction to the brutality of
working life and the sterility of industrial design in Victorian
Britain. Although Arts and Crafts was initially a mediaeval
revival, the movement was always about the artist craftsman and the
appropriate use of materials, rather than any single design
tradition. The movement was inspired and led by William Morris,
whose company was founded in 1861 and produced a full range of
interior furnishings, including tiles. These were designed by
Morris himself, and also by leading artists and architects of the
day such as Edward Burne Jones and Philip Webb. The term Arts and
Crafts was formalised in the late 1880s, and many designers,
artists and craftsmen joined Morris in this new movement, and
leading designers including Walter Crane and C. F. A. Voysey
produced distinctive and now highly collectable ceramic tiles that
were used to decorate the bathrooms and the fireplaces of the
wealthy and discerning. This book, with its companion on the work
of William de Morgan, is the first complete introduction to British
Arts and Crafts tiles from 1860 to 1920.
The Simple Life (1981) was Fiona MacCarthy's first book, written
while she was the Guardian's design correspondent (and before her
acclaimed lives of Eric Gill, William Morris, and Edward
Burne-Jones.) It tells of a venturesome effort to enact an
Edwardian Utopia in a small town in the Cotswolds. The leader of
this endeavour was progressive-minded architect Charles Robert
Ashbee, who in 1888 founded the Guild of Handicraft in Whitechapel,
specialising in metalworking, jewellery and furniture and informed
by the desire to improve society. In 1902 Ashbee and his East
London comrades removed the Guild to Chipping Campden in
Gloucestershire, hoping to construct a socialistic rural idyll.
MacCarthy explores the impact of the experiment on the lives of the
group and on the little town they occupied - tracing the Guild's
fortunes and misfortunes, hilarious and grave, and the many fellow
idealists and artists who were involved (among them William Morris,
Roger Fry, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb.)
Dazzling new, original collection by a master of the genre presents more than 260 high-impact, permission-free designs that exploit to their fullest the dramatic potential of squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and other elements. Invaluable for wallpaper and textile design, packaging and computer art, these eye-catching forms provide artists and craftspeople with angular forms, pleasant symmetries, and other great images for immediate use and inspiration. More than 260 black-and-white designs.
One of the most powerful stories of the Arts and Crafts movement: a
perceptive biography of one woman's valiant life in a vanished era
of emerging feminism and bold socialist thought.
C. R. Ashbee was, some would say, the key man in the British
Arts and Crafts movement during the early decades of the twentieth
century. Regarded as heir to William Morris in political belief and
design reform, Ashbee (and his Guild of Handicraft) gained
international fame in his own time and remains a legend today.
While much has been written about him, little has been said of his
wife. Now Felicity Ashbee breaks the silence in a compelling book
about her mother.
The book depicts Janet Ashbee as a gifted woman of emotional
warmth, strength, and unconventionality, all of which enhanced her
husband's work. An accomplished writer and thinker in her own
right, Janet Ashbee's life revolved around great historic issues
that still resonate today: the socially conscious Arts and Crafts
movement, the role of women in contemporary affairs, and embattled
ethnic relationships in the Middle East -- not to mention marriage
and sexual orientation, predicated upon her husband's vibrant and
well-known homosexuality.
A book of rare insight and significance, Janet Ashbee sheds
welcome light on the Arts and Crafts movement and on women in
oft-romanticized Victorian and Edwardian British culture.
This lavish collection of copyright-free engravings by the celebrated 19th-century artist F. Knight-reproduced directly from a rare original edition-contains elaborate wall murals with trompe-l'oeil effects; scenes of hunters, flanked by mythological figures; idealized damsels in rustic settings; and numerous other florid motifs. Designs both floral (leaves, running vines, and blossoms) and animal (realistic and grotesque) appear in a variety of sizes and styles. 700 black-and-white illustrations.
Discover the slow, tactile art of hand-building ceramics and
express yourself through the act of creating unique, timeless
pieces for your home. The Urban Potter teaches you how to make
beautiful, one-off handcrafted pieces with simple, natural shapes
and neutral tones. Ceramicist Emily Proctor's unique, self-taught
style embraces irregularity and asymmetry - here, there is no such
thing as perfection, every piece is created through an authentic,
intuitive process, with no wheel required. The 24 step-by-step
projects include functional homeware such as bowls, plates and
vases, as well as other decorative accessories, and are ordered by
difficulty, making this book suitable for anyone who wants to play
with clay, from beginners through to more seasoned ceramicists. For
each project, Emily guides you through the whole process and
explains all the techniques involved, from slabbing and pinching,
to carving and glazing, while also fully leaning into the joys of
slow ceramics and the mindful, patient nature of the art.
The Arts and Crafts Movement, a fascinating period in American
decorative history, led to the unprecedented commercialization of
fine crafts and the empowerment of thousands of women and
immigrants, who began to pursue new careers in design and
handicraft. In 1893, the World's Fair in Chicago heralded the
egalitarian art movement in America that led to the establishment
of a plethora of metalwork and jewelry companies and studios by the
turn of the century. Darcy Evon documents how these new trends
spread throughout the Midwest and eventually the country, led by
innovative pioneers who inspired an entire nation. They designed
exquisite, original pieces of metalwork and jewelry by hand,
starting with basic raw materials. Dozens of previously
unidentified shops, artists, their creations, and accurate
information on well-known historical figures, are featured for the
first time in this important, major publication. Organized by trade
name and location, this book is for collectors, dealers, and art
historians, as well as artisans.
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