ARTS AND CRAFTS

The Arts <(>y<)> Crafts movement began as a backlash against industrialism and the prevailing stylistic ideals in mid-19th century B ritain. The basic ideas of its followers, including the art critic John Ruskin and the artist William Morris, developed into a global movement, spreading through craft colonies and influencing professionals in several fields, from design and architecture to orname ntation and cultivation. The movement reached Sweden a few decades later and expressed itself as a romanticization of the simple life, tied to...[Llegir més]