Arts and Crafts movement

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art movement design movement social reform movement

The Arts and Crafts movement was a late 19th- and early 20th-century design and social reform movement that championed traditional craftsmanship, simple forms, and the use of natural materials as a reaction against industrial mass production.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
British Arts and Crafts movement 3
American Arts and Crafts movement 2
Arts and Crafts architecture 2

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
design movement ⓘ
social reform movement ⓘ
aimedAt improving design quality of everyday objects ⓘ
raising status of decorative arts ⓘ
reforming working conditions for craftsmen ⓘ
associatedConcept anti-industrialism ⓘ
domestic reform through design ⓘ
guild socialism ⓘ
truth to materials ⓘ
unity of art and labor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime early 20th century ⓘ
field architecture ⓘ
book design ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
decorative arts ⓘ
furniture design ⓘ
graphic design ⓘ
interior design ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
textile design ⓘ
geographicSpread Austria ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasKeyFigure C. R. Ashbee ⓘ
Charles Rennie Mackintosh ⓘ
Charles Voysey ⓘ
Gustav Stickley ⓘ
John Ruskin ⓘ
M. H. Baillie Scott ⓘ
May Morris ⓘ
C. R. Ashbee ⓘ
surface form: Philip Webb

Walter Crane ⓘ
William Morris ⓘ
hasKeyOrganization Art Workers Guild ⓘ
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society ⓘ
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society ⓘ
surface form: Guild and School of Handicraft

Morris & Co. ⓘ
hasMainCharacteristic emphasis on traditional craftsmanship ⓘ
handmade production ⓘ
honesty of materials and construction ⓘ
integration of art and everyday life ⓘ
medievalist and vernacular inspirations ⓘ
preference for simple forms ⓘ
reaction against industrial mass production ⓘ
rejection of excessive ornamentation ⓘ
social idealism ⓘ
use of natural materials ⓘ
influenced 20th-century design reform ⓘ
American Craftsman style ⓘ
Art Nouveau ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
Prairie School ⓘ
Scandinavian design ⓘ
influencedBy Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ⓘ
surface form: Augustus Pugin

Gothic Revival ⓘ
John Ruskin ⓘ
medieval guild system ⓘ
pre-industrial craftsmanship ⓘ
romanticism ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (67)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gustav Stickley → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Gustav Stickley → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Arts and Crafts movement
Louis Comfort Tiffany → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
May Morris → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Morris & Co. → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Raymond Unwin → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Richard Norman Shaw → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Walter Crane → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
William Morris → movement → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
American Craftsman style → partOf → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Arts and Crafts movement
Art Workers Guild → playsRoleIn → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arts and Crafts movement in Britain
Art Nouveau → precededBy → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Glasgow Style → relatedTo → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: English Arts and Crafts
Modern Style → relatedTo → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Charles Voysey → style → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arts and Crafts aesthetic
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa → theme → Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ