Screen LibraryArts and crafts objects
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Manchester University Press Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Manchester New York New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in design |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 246 p., [8] p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780719079719 (hbk.) 0719079713 (hbk.) 9780719079726 (pbk.) 0719079721 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | J509 |
| CLC: | J509.561 |
| Call Number: | J509.561 /H325 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-239) and index. Introduction -- Arts and crafts precursors -- The homes of William Morris -- Objects at Morris & Co. -- The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society -- The Arts and Crafts Museum at the Manchester Municipal School of Art -- Conclusion. In this 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 19th century. |