"The art that is life" : the arts & crafts movement in America, 1875-1920 / by Wendy Kaplan ; with contributions by Eileen Boris [and others].

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Kaplan, Wendy, author.

Contributor:

• Boris, Eileen, 1948- contributor.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, host institution, copyright holder.
• Little, Brown and Company, publisher.
• Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Arts and crafts movement--United States.
• Decorative arts--United States.
• Eclecticism in architecture--United States.
• Arts and crafts movement.
• Decorative arts.
• Eclecticism in architecture.
• United States.

Penn Provenance:

• Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
• Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 410 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First trade paperback edition.

Other Title:

Arts and crafts movement in America

Place of Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1998.

Summary:

"This paperback edition is a reissue of the classic book on the American Arts and Crafts movement, one of the most significant and far-reaching movements in American art. It is also one of the least understood. It transformed not only how objects looked but how people looked at objects. It changed American attitudes toward design and the home, and compelled people to think about the relationship of art to everyday life. The results can be seen in such diverse styles as Gothic, Oriental, Aesthetic, Colonial Revival, Native American, Mission, and Art Nouveau." ""The Art that is Life" was initially published in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition originated by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the first to synthesize the decorative arts and architecture of this period in America. Works include such objects as furniture, glass, silver, ceramics, textiles, wallpaper, books, and architectural drawings. With eight essays by distinguished scholars and more than 300 illustrations, this book serves not only as a classic reference on American design reform but also as a celebration of the era that so unified the "artful" with the "useful.""--Jacket.

Contents:

• Introduction : origins of the movement: The lamp of British precedent : an introduction to the arts and crafts movement / Wendy Kaplan
• Reform in aesthetics : the search for an American identity: Arts and crafts : matters of style / Robert Judson Clark and Wendy Kaplan. American art and crafts architecture : radical though dedicated to the cause conservative / Richard Guy Wilson
• Reform in craftsmanship: "Dreams of brotherhood and beauty" : the social ideas of the arts and crafts movement / Eileen Boris. The art of work / Robert Edwards
• Spreading the reform ideal: Spreading the crafts : the role of the schools / Wendy Kaplan
• Reform of the home: House and home in the arts and crafts era : reforms for simpler living / Cheryl Robertson. A more reasonable way to dress / Sally Buchanan Kinsey.

Notes:

• On title page: "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston."; with, "A Bullfinch Press Book".
• Based on a traveling exhibition, 1987-88.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

ISBN:

• 0821225545
• 9780821225547

OCLC:

84249763