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Arts and Crafts Movement - A Brief History and Description
The Arts and Crafts Movement revived traditional artistic craftsmanship with themes of simplicity, honesty, function, harmony, nature and social reform.
http://www.arts-and-crafts-style.com/arts-and-crafts-movement.html
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Arts and Crafts Movement: Origins, History, Aesthetics
Arts and Crafts Movement (1862-1914): Championed by William Morris, John Ruskin to Promote Craftsmanship and Design in Architecture, Decorative Arts
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/arts-and-crafts.htm
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Arts and Crafts Movement, British and International Movement - Britannica
English aesthetic movement of the second half of the 19th century that represented the beginning of a new appreciation of the decorative arts throughout Europe.
http://www.britannica.com/art/Arts-and-Crafts-movement
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Arts and Crafts Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about arts and crafts movement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement
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The Arts & Crafts Movement - Victoria and Albert Museum
The Arts and Crafts Movement was one of the most influential, profound and far-reaching design movements of modern times. It began in Britain around 1880 and quickly spread across America and Europe before emerging finally as the Mingei (Folk Crafts) movement in Japan.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/t/the-arts-and-crafts-movement/
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About the Arts and Crafts Movement
The Arts and Crafts Movement developed in 19th-century Britain as a rebellion against the fashion for inventive sham and over-elaborate design and as an attempt to reverse the growing dehumanisation of work in society.
http://www.artsandcraftsmuseum.org.uk/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement/The_Arts_and_Crafts_Movement.aspx
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Arts and Crafts Movement - New World Encyclopedia
The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth century. In part a reaction to the mechanization of the Industrial Revolution (see also the History of the Industrial Revolution, the movement was inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and his romantic idealization of the craftsman taking pride in his personal handiwork.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement
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Craftsman Perspective: History of the Arts and Crafts Movement - America 1895-1920
And introduction to the Arts and Crafts Movement - American design from 1895 to 1920. Craftsman Perspective features over 250 photos of American houses and architecture from 1900 to 1925, along with restoration advice, resources and a history of the Arts and Crafts Movement
http://www.craftsmanperspective.com/history/america2.html
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Style Guide: Arts and Crafts - Victoria and Albert Museum
Arts and Crafts style developed in the 1860s as a reaction against the growing industrialisation of Victorian Britain. Those involved believed in the equality of all the arts and the importance and pleasure of work.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-arts-and-crafts/
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Arts and Crafts Movement - YouTube
Teacher prepared podcast discusses the impact of the Arts and Crafts Movement on the decorative arts, furniture design and graphic design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYjNO2Y4m6c
