The Arts and Crafts Movement

by Robin Langley (Editor), David Sommer Rago (Editor)

Contributors to this book discuss Architecture, Glass, Ceramics, Metalwork, Textiles, and Graphic Arts.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Charles Robling · Rating 5 out of 5]

You know, people often ask me, “Charlie, what are your thoughts as they pertain to the Arts and Crafts movement - both the philosophical pursuit founded by John Ruskin and William Morris rooted in the rejection of mass production and the machinization of historically handcrafted goods, as well as the 1995 book edited by Robin Langley and David Rago which describes the history of the ideology, its proponents, and disciplines? Do you believe it does a phenomenal job cataloguing not only the morality espoused by the disciples of Arts and Crafts, but also providing the reader with a beautiful collection of descriptions and images of influential and important works considered to be “Arts and Crafts”? Also, do you feel that, in light of the rise of purveyors of cheaply-made, environmentally ruinous clothing and wares such as Temu and Shein, and perhaps the most advanced form of automation inferior to its manmade counterpart, artificial intelligence, is the time is ripe for an Arts of Crafts renaissance?s

To them I will now say: “Yes. Also check my Goodreads. I gave the book five stars.”