C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer, and Romantic Socialist - Softcover

Crawford, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300109393 ISBN 13: 9780300109399

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Charles Robert Ashbee-architect, designer, social reformer, and a major force behind the Arts and Crafts Movement-was one of the most significant figures in British artistic and cultural life at the turn of the century. Inspired by the Romantic anti-industrialism of John Ruskin and William Morris, Ashbee started a small craft workshop in the East End of London in 1888 called the Guild of Handicraft. He not only made it a place where work could be satisfying and creative, but in 1902 boldly moved the Guild's workshops out to the idyllic Cotswold town of Chipping Campden. Utilizing the often vivid journals kept by Ashbee and his wife, Janet, the book documents Ashbee's life and work, the story of the Guild, and the part Ashbee played in a wide range of reform movements.

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Product Description:

C.R. Ashbee This comprehensive biography of an energetic, many-sided man is elegantly written and handsomely illustrated. It is a unique contribution to art and cultural history. Full description

Review:

'[A] handsome production...enormously impressive...[with] an absorbing narrative. ... This book is unquestionably a key text on the Arts and Crafts Movement.' -- Ann Compton, The Art Book, May 2006

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0300109393
• ISBN 13: 9780300109399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512