Arts and Crafts Architecture
'Beauty's Awakening'
Published on 15. December 2020
176 pages
978-1-78500-797-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Arts and Crafts Movement produced some of the country's most popular, loved and recognizable buildings. This book guides the general reader through its history from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth. Of equal interest to those with a more informed interest, it will open your eyes to the richness and beauty of one of the most important artistic movements the British Isles ever produced. This beautifully illustrated book includes a comprehensive thematic introduction; an up-to-date history of Arts and Crafts architecture, the key individual and the characteristics of the buildings. In-depth case-studies of all the major buildings are given, as well as those overlooked by the current literature. There is a useful accompanying guide to places to visit and, finally, a list of stunning Arts and Crafts buildings you can stay in.
Reviews / Votes
I think this book will be a valuable tool, for both students and for readers who are new to the subject. -- Jo Banham, The Victorian * The Victorian * a welcome and timely edition; a pithy, popular history, written in an accessible and readable style that is unencumbered by lengthy quotations, and features a large number of colour illustrations. -- Jo Banham, The Victorian * The Victorian * this is an utterly readable and enjoyable book, giving new insights into the circumstances, the times and the characters of the leading architects and designers of the era. -- George Butlin, The Orchard * The Orchard * this is a valuable and very readable addition to the growing literature on the arts-and-crafts movement. -- Peter de Figueiredo, Institute of Historic Building Conservation * Institute of Historic Building Conservation *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Halftones, black and white; Halftones, color; Illustrations
File size
32,76 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78500-797-2 (9781785007972)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Book
12/2020
The Crowood Press Ltd
€28.50
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Person
Dr Julian Holder teaches at Oxford University where he is a Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College. An architectural historian specializing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, he has a long abiding love of Arts and Crafts architecture. Widely published over a long career he has held a number of posts in academia and conservation, including have been an Inspector of Historic Buildings, Director of the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies at Edinburgh College of Art and was the first Casework Office of the Twentieth Century Society.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Themes and Variations
- Chapter 2: In the Beginning . . .
- Chapter 3: Forming a Movement
- Chapter 4: Building on Secure Foundations - the 'Sons of Shaw'
- Chapter 5: When a Movement Becomes a Style
- Chapter 6: Arts and Crafts Spreads Its Wings
- Chapter 7: The Garden City Movement - Arts and Crafts For All?
- References
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Places to Visit, Places to Stay
- Index
