Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Arts & Crafts Movement
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Ruskin was born in London and educated at the University of Oxford. His father,
a wealthy merchant, encouraged his youthful passions for art, literature, and
travel. He set forth his theory about the relationship between art and morality in
the first volume of Modern Painters. Rebelling against the aesthetically
numbing and socially debasing effects of the Industrial Revolution, he put
forth the theory that art, which is essentially spiritual, reached its zenith in the
Gothic art of the late Middle Ages, which was inspired by religious and moral
zeal.
Ruskin believed that individual craftsmen produced the most beautiful and
unique work. Craftsman, if given the freedom to design, were capable of
producing beautiful works of art.
William Morris
1834 - 1896
Typefaces design by
William Morris
Selwyn Image was responsible for the cover design for the magazine of the Guild, the
Hobby Horse.
The production of the Century Guild workshops included furniture and metalwork,
wallpaper, enamelling, and textiles. Artists associated with the Century Guild included the
artist Heywood Sumner, the potter William de Morgan, the enameller Clement Heaton,
and Benjamin Creswick, a sculptor.
The mouthpiece of the Guild, the Hobby Horse, started in 1884, and by emphasising
printing as a craft in its own right, became an inspiration both to William Morris in setting
up his Kelmscott Press, and to others in what became the private press movement.