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Arts and Crafts Movement
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Arts and Crafts Movement
A look at the philosophy of the architectural school of the late 19th century and the views of the proponents John Ruskin, Louis Sullivan and Augustus Welby Pugin.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
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1993
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"Architecture and MoralityArchitects Auguste Welby Pugin, John Ruskin, Louis Sullivan, and the protagonists of the Arts and Crafts Movement would have disagreed with the statement, "Architecture and morality have nothing in common." It is the purpose of this paper to explore the philosophies associated with these architects and the Arts and Crafts Movement and their relationship to the above statement.
The Arts and Crafts movement began as a mid-Victorian reaction to the ugliness and inequality caused by industrialization. It was a sacred search, a quest for a return to quiet beauty, simplicity, and honest craftsmanship (Anscombe, 1981, p. 7). Architecture was seen as a reflection of the health of the society. In the 1880s the designers who chose to..."
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