The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America: Design for the Modern World [Paperback]

Wendy Kaplan

ISBN 10: 0875871917 ISBN 13: 9780875871912

Publisher: LACMA / Thames & Hudson, 2004

Synopsis

"At the turn of the last century, the Arts and Crafts movement transformed not only how objects looked but also how people looked at objects. It provided a framework for essential issues that are still debated today: the conflict between standardization and individuality, the question of whether a one-of-a-kind handcrafted object is superior to a mass-produced one, and the problem of defining what kind of design most benefits society." With more than 300 objects - furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and works on paper - from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, France, and the United States, this is a visually stunning, definitive survey. The book features masterworks by the best-known designers of the period, such as William Morris, M. H. Baillie Scott, Henry Van de Velde, Peter Behrens, Josef Hoffmann, Eliel Saarinen, Gustav Stickley, Greene and Greene, and Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as lesser-known examples that have never been displayed together before.

Edition details

• Publisher: LACMA / Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0875871917
• ISBN 13: 9780875871912
• Binding: Unknown Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328