The Arts and Crafts movement flowered in the 1870s and 1880s; at its heart was a search for a return to simplicity, quiet beauty and honesty of construction. This text gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of this movement. For about three decades at the turn of the century, Arts and Crafts architecture and the theories behind it caught the attention of the Western world as the Gothic revival was set on a new and vigorous course by the ideas of Pugin, Ruskin and Morris. Looking back to an idealized medieval world in which the artist was also a craftsman, they opposed the inhumanity of the Industrial Revolution and showed the way to a new future in which the Gothic spirit could serve people's needs. A whole generation of architects, artists and craftsmen was inspired by their ideals of truth to tradition, to materials and to function to create an architecture of freedom and originality.
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85 of 85 people found the following review helpful
By Ross Samson
Format:Paperback
This is simply the best book written on Arts & Crafts architecture. In structure it is broadly chronological, but essentially each chapter is devoted to either a single architect (e.g. Voysey) or region outside Britain (USA, northern Europe, and Germany) or, in the instances of cities and gardens, to a theme. Peter Davey is intelligent, witty, writes well (increasingly a rarity these days), giving an analytical coherence to the study that I thought was impossible, and is a good man (in the postscript Davey's own socialist sentiments become fully apparent).
If it is pictures you're after, this is a Phaidon publication, so there are plenty. While the famous buildings get the full colour treatment, and often images we've seen before (especially in other Phaidon publications), there are many small black and white snaps (most by the author) that offer the well-read enthusiast numerous new pictures of unknown houses.
I must have fifty or more books on Arts and Crafts architecture, design and furniture and not one comes close to this in value for money (it is ridiculously cheap).
If it is pictures you're after, this is a Phaidon publication, so there are plenty. While the famous buildings get the full colour treatment, and often images we've seen before (especially in other Phaidon publications), there are many small black and white snaps (most by the author) that offer the well-read enthusiast numerous new pictures of unknown houses.
I must have fifty or more books on Arts and Crafts architecture, design and furniture and not one comes close to this in value for money (it is ridiculously cheap).
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By tallmanbaby
TOP 1000 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Despite the radical image cropping on the cover, this is an old fashioned book. Perhaps not as old fashioned as Pevsner, but the text and illustrations are very much of the old school. Accordingly if you are looking for a ready source of 'arts and crafts' style inspiration then this is probably not what you are looking for.
The author provides an over-view of the Arts and Crafts movement, placing it in context both chronologically and geographically. As suggested above, the illustrations are generous but decidedly traditional in format. It is the text that really brings the book to life. It tracks all the major architects, and many of the minor ones, detailing their works and even what became of them when Arts and Crafts went out of style.
The book is written with a real humanity, and joy in the subject. It is also, most determinedly, a book that is about something. Peter Davey thinks that Arts and Crafts matter and convinced me that there was at its heart an ideal that was bigger than any particular architect and which still has something to say to us today.
The book offers a huge amount to take in, and is definitely one the return to.
The author provides an over-view of the Arts and Crafts movement, placing it in context both chronologically and geographically. As suggested above, the illustrations are generous but decidedly traditional in format. It is the text that really brings the book to life. It tracks all the major architects, and many of the minor ones, detailing their works and even what became of them when Arts and Crafts went out of style.
The book is written with a real humanity, and joy in the subject. It is also, most determinedly, a book that is about something. Peter Davey thinks that Arts and Crafts matter and convinced me that there was at its heart an ideal that was bigger than any particular architect and which still has something to say to us today.
The book offers a huge amount to take in, and is definitely one the return to.
By C. Evans
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
There's loads in this book, both facts and photos. It takes you through developments and each architect. It's enough on it's own or use it to pick people and styles that you want to get specialised books on.
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