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Apostles of beauty : arts and crafts from Britain to Chicago / edited by Judith A. Barter ; with essays by Judith A. Barter ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Art Institute of Chicago ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press [distributor], c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cmISBN:
  • 9780300141139
  • 0300141130
Other title:
  • Arts and crafts from Britain to Chicago
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.034 22
LOC classification:
  • NK1140 .A64 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
British historicism and the road to modernism / Judith A. Barter -- The spell of Japan was upon them : Japanism and the arts and crafts movement / Ellen E. Roberts -- "To promote and to extend the principles established by Morris" : Elbert Hubbard, Gustav Stickley, and the redefinition of American arts and crafts / Brandon K. Ruud -- "A new and living spirit" : pictorialist principles and the arts and crafts movement / Sarah E. Kelly -- Chicago : a bridge to the future / Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski -- Illustrated checklist.
Summary: The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. This text presents outstanding examples by the movement's British orginators, including William Morris, as well as its greatest American practitioners, including Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Books Books Stickley Museum Library (Non-Circulating) Main Reading Room NK1140 .A64 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SMCF22030055
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"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 7, 2009 to January 31, 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-207) and index.

British historicism and the road to modernism / Judith A. Barter -- The spell of Japan was upon them : Japanism and the arts and crafts movement / Ellen E. Roberts -- "To promote and to extend the principles established by Morris" : Elbert Hubbard, Gustav Stickley, and the redefinition of American arts and crafts / Brandon K. Ruud -- "A new and living spirit" : pictorialist principles and the arts and crafts movement / Sarah E. Kelly -- Chicago : a bridge to the future / Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski -- Illustrated checklist.

The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. This text presents outstanding examples by the movement's British orginators, including William Morris, as well as its greatest American practitioners, including Frank Lloyd Wright.

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