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Informationen zum Autor Imogen Hart is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Yale Center for British Art Klappentext In this groundbreaking reassessment of the conventional understanding of a cohesive 'Arts and Crafts movement' in Britain, Imogen Hart argues that a sophisticated mode of looking at decorative art developed in England during the second half of the nineteenth century.Bringing to light a significant number of little-known visual and textual sources, Arts and Crafts Objects insists that the history of British design between the 1830s and the 1910s is more complex and interwoven than concepts of clearly differentiated 'movements' allow for. Reinvesting the objects with the original importance ascribed to them by their makers and users, this book places furniture, metalwork, tiles, vases, chintzes, carpets, and wallpaper at the centre of a rigorous reassessment of the concept of 'Arts and Crafts'. The book offers radical new interpretations of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and the homes of William Morris, alongside illuminating analyses of less familiar but equally rich contexts. Zusammenfassung A fascinating reassessment of the conventional understanding of a cohesive ‘Arts and Crafts movement’ in Britain. The book’s illuminating visual analysis and radical new interpretations of key contexts such as the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and the homes of William Morris call for a major reconsideration of the history of Victorian design. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of platesList of figuresAcknowledgements List of abbreviationsIntroduction1. Arts and Crafts precursors2. The homes of William Morris3. Objects at Morris & Co.4. The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society5. The Arts and Crafts Museum at the Manchester School of ArtConclusionSelect bibliographyIndex
