An artistic design movement that began in the late 1800s by jewelry designers who felt that their work should look handmade. ...
derived from an artistic movement of the late C19, based on the ideas of William Morris, which promoted traditional forms of design and the use of craft techniques in construction. Its architectural expression is seen in the use of traditional materials and restrained vernacular decoration.
Both a furniture style and a movement that emerged in England toward the end of the 19th century in reaction to the excesses of the Victorian era and the Gay Nineties. It glorified craftsmanship in deliberately simple shapes with exposed joinery and spare ornamentation. ...
Practical or useful objects created to have eye appeal or artistic merit as well as utility. In this category are metalwork, fiber art, and woodwork. As a subject, arts and crafts are often taught as therapy or recreational activiity. See Arts and Crafts Movement. ...
The arts and crafts movement spanned nearly a century. Artists from this period believed that items could be made through industrial mass production and still retain a hand made quality. The movement was predominantly English. ...
The arts-and-crafts movement was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution's reliance on mass production and the Victorians era's focus on heavy ornamentation. ...
was an artistic movement at the end of the 1800's that produced pieces that purposely look hand-made. The Arts and Crafts movement also revived the art of enamel.
the arts of decorative design and handicraft; 'they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass production'
Arts and crafts comprise a whole host of activities and hobbies that are related to making things with one's own hands and skill. These can be sub-divided into handicrafts or 'traditional crafts' (doing things the old way) and the rest. ...
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