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The Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th century in England, inspired by William Morris, is well-known, but its presence in Australia has been largely overlooked. In this groundbreaking and scholarly study of the Australian Arts and Crafts Movement Dr. Miley reveals a network of influences and practitioners in Victoria who were well versed in the British and American movements, and who created a distinctively Australian expression of its principles....
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viii, 566 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 28 cm
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"In 1901, Gustav Stickley created the first uniquely American style of furniture and home design--known as Craftsman. A leader of the Arts and Crafts movement in homebuilding and a major influence on Frank Lloyd Wright, Stickley created home designs that valued construction in harmony with its landscape: open floor plans, built-in storage, and natural lighting. In his lifetime, he designed at least 241 homes in this style and published more than 200...
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"William Morris is best known for his colorful wallpapers and textiles, inspired by the English forests and wild foliage where he grew up. But did you know this icon of the Arts and Crafts Movement was also a poet, a painter, a preservationist, an activist, an environmentalist, and a maker of many other beautiful useful things, like books?"--
"A poetic story about the life and work of William Morris, maker of beautiful, useful things, sure to engage...
13) Arts & crafts home plans: showcasing 85 home plans in the Craftsman, prairie, and bungalow styles
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125 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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"Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) was a leader of the American arts and crafts movement. A prolific artist in a variety of mediums - painting, photography, and printmaking - he influenced generations of artists. In his writings and in the many subjects he taught at Pratt Institute, Columbia University Teachers College, and at his own Ipswich Summer School of Art, Dow stressed the arts and crafts aesthetic of beautifully rendered, well-crafted works that...
15) Greene & Greene
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240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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English
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275 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 x 30 cm
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"George Nakashima (1905-1990) is best known for his unique pieces of furniture, which are prized for their respect for the natural forms of the tree and the inherent grain of the wood. This remarkable creative spirit was also an architect, who designed a number of distinguished buildings during his career. Above all, he was a man committed to the integration of his life as an artist with the rhythms of the natural world. Working with his family and...
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63 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Victorian stained glass - magnificent, colourful and artistic - adorns countless British churches, municipal buildings and homes. Across the decades, several artistic movements influenced these designs, from the Gothic Revival, through the Arts and Crafts Movement and into Art Nouveau as a new century dawned. Historian Trevor Yorke shows how craftsmen re-learned the lost medieval art of colouring, painting and assembling stained glass windows - but...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"The Fox and the Star is the story of a friendship between a lonely Fox and the Star who guides him through the frightfully dark forest. Illuminated by Star's rays, Fox forages for food, runs with the rabbits, and dances in the rain--until Star suddenly goes out and life changes, leaving Fox huddling for warmth in the unfamiliar dark. To find his missing Star, Fox must embark on a wondrous journey beyond the world he knows--a journey lit by courage,...
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