The Arts-and-Crafts movement was born in a spirit of recoil from the horrors of industrialisation, the cheap quality of produced goods and the miserable lives it created for factory workers in the ...

One hundred years ago, the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts opened in Paris, marking the ...

Arts and Crafts was an influential movement of the late 19 th century which attempted to re-establish the skills of craftsmanship threatened by mass production and industrialisation. Architecture was ...

passion and controversy set against the backdrop of the Arts and Crafts Movement at the turn of the 20th century. To this "back-to-basics" artistic and cultural movement, Hubbard contributed his ...

Art Nouveau, or "new art" in French, is an architectural and artistic movement that emerged in the late 19th century and lasted through World War II. Known for its flowing lines, organic forms ...

Most people have heard of William Morris, one of the leaders of the 19th century Arts and Crafts movement. His abstract, nature-inspired designs still adorn everything from wallpaper to notebooks ...