Arts and Crafts Architecture
A major survey of architects of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Peter Davey
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- Major survey of architects of the Arts and Crafts movement of the 1870s and 1880s
- Focuses on British architects and the movement in England, with separate chapters on the latter's influence in California, the American Midwest and Continental Europe
- Contains over 300 illustrations, including rich colour photographs, original plans and beautiful watercolour renderings
- Gives a critical account of the ideological and egalitarian theories and lives of the architects
- Links the Arts and Crafts with related movements, including Art Nouveau and, later, neo-Georgianism and the growth of the machine-worshipping Modern movement after the First World War
- Paperback
- English
- 290 x 250 mm, 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 in
- 256 pp
- 139 colour illustrations, 178 black and white illustrations
- ISBN-13: 9780714837116
- ISBN-10: 0714837113
'The most useful - and inspiring - work on the subject.' (Architectural Review)
'A generous and widely researched history of the movement. Phaidon deserves all our thanks and admiration for their policy towards architectural publications.' (Building Design)
'This book looks at the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement. It captures an epoch in architecture that captivated many and in some ways paved the way for modern architecture.' (Jury of the American Institute of Architects)
This major survey gives an incisively critical account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the Arts and Crafts movement, which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and North America. It highlights the complex contradictions they tried to resolve in accommodating or rejecting the developments of the new machine age, and in meeting the cost of materials and craftsmanship, which forced them to work mainly for a wealthy elite class.
This volume shows with enthusiasm and sophistication how the ideas of this fascinating movement influenced the California and Prairie Schools and Art Nouveau, and how it led ultimately to the development of neo-Georgianism and the growth of the machine-worshipping Modern movement after World War I.
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