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 dehum anisation of work in society.
Its power came from the conviction that art and
craft could change people's lives.
 It stood for traditional craftsmanship using
simple forms and often applied medieval,
romantic or folk styles of decoration.
 It advocated economic and social reform and
has been said to be essentially anti-industrial.
 Subsequently this style was taken up by
American designers, with somewhat different
results. In the United States, the Arts and Crafts
style was also known as Mission style.
 was an international design movement that
flourished between 1860 and 1910.
 It was led by the artist and writer William
Morris(1834–1896) during the 1860s,[1] and was
inspired by the writings of John Ruskin (1819–
1900) and Augustus Pugin (1812–1852).
 This association aimed to support and promote
rural handicrafts.
 aimed to promote a return to hand-
craftsmanship and to assert the creative
independence of individual craftspeople.
Red House - Bexleyheath,London
 Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857–1941)
was an Arts and Crafts architect who also
designed fabrics, tiles, ceramics, furniture and
metalwork. His style combined simplicity with
sophistication. His wallpapers and textiles,
featuring stylished bird and plant forms in
bold outlines with flat colors, were used
widely.[8]
 They set up small workshops apart from the
world of industry, revived old techniques and
revered the humble household objects of pre-
industrial times
Their notions of
good design were
linked to their
notions of a good
society.
" for the people and by
the people, and a
source of pleasure to
the maker and the
user."
 Morris's ideas spread during the late 19th and
early 20th centuries resulting in the
establishment of many associations and craft
communities, although Morris was not
involved with them because of his
preoccupation with socialism. A hundred and
thirty Arts and Crafts organisations were
formed in Britain, most between 1895 and
1905.[9]
The main controversy raised by the movement
was its practicality in the modern world. The
progressives claimed that the movement was
trying to turn back the clock and that it could
not be done, that the Arts and Crafts
Movement could not be taken as practical in
mass urban and industrialized society.
-the Arts and Crafts style initiated a variety of
attempts to reinterpret European Arts and
Crafts ideals for Americans. These included the
"Craftsman"-style architecture, furniture, and
other decorative arts such as designs promoted
by Gustav Stickley in his magazine, The
Craftsman.
However, in time the English Arts and Crafts
movement came to stress craftsmanship at the
expense of mass market pricing. The result was
exquisitely made and decorated pieces that
could only be afforded by the very wealthy.
-The earliest Arts and Crafts activity in
continental Europe was in Belgium in about
1890, where the English style inspired artists
and architects including Gabriel Van
Dievoet, Gustave Serrurier-Bovy, Henry Van
de Velde and a group known as La Libre
Esthétique (Free Aesthetic).