Modernism: British Arts & Crafts

Named after the London-based Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society founded in 1888, the Arts and Crafts movement began initially as an ideological reaction to the de-humanizing effects of late 19th-century industrialization. Essential aims were to revive a medieval guild system with high standards of craftsmanship, to instill a pride of craft and to make truth to materials the basis of design. Early proponents (John Ruskin, William Morris and C.F.A. Voysey) espoused joy of labor and a return to simplified, honest forms. Stylized motifs, refined surfaces and proto-Art Nouveau lines were admirably realized in the work of Charles Robert Ashbee and Archibald Knox who eventually abandoned all stylistic imitations to forge a new design vocabulary.

Part of the Modernism Web site, featuring objects from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, this video was originally produced in 1999. http://www.artsmia.org/modernism/

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[dustbunnieboo]

I love the Arts & Crafts Movement. Thanks for this video. Very interesting!

[llc88]

I lived in East Aurora NY and we had an art class in high school called "Roycroft Arts" and it focused on the affect of the Arts and Crafts Movement in my town. I loved it and fell in love with Archibald Knox.

[fleetwoodmac1982]

short time but very intresting theme. thanks for posting!