arts and crafts movement

This is a mind map about the Arts and Crafts Movement. The main contents include: meaning, evaluation, representative figures, design propositions, purpose, cause, time and place, and background.

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Outline

arts and crafts movement

background

Overly decorative and fussy Victorian style

Some intellectuals have a negative attitude towards products produced through industrialization

Mechanical products are in opposition to handicrafts (mechanical products are crude, while handicrafts serve the rich and powerful and cannot be popularized)

time and location

U.K.

Second half of the 19th century

cause

We are saddened by the decline in design standards caused by mass industrial production, irresponsible and shoddy products, and the damage to the natural environment.

Artist wants to revive medieval Gothic style

Crystal Palace Expo exposes 'separation of technology and art' problem

Purpose

Establish or restore standards for products and producers, transform society through art and design, and establish a craft-led production model

design proposition

Raise design standards to make them affordable

Oppose mass industrial production and promote handicrafts

Promote honesty and simplicity in design, and oppose the trend of sensationalism and flashiness in design.

"Back to nature"

representative figure

Theory: John Ruskin (Utopian socialist ideal color)

design Thought

Emphasize the importance of design and strengthen Design and art are two fields category, design has its own characteristics Sex cannot be replaced by art

Emphasis on the social functionality of design, Design should serve the public, and Not serving the powerful few

Emphasize the form and function of design, present real relationship

Advocates the adoption of natural forms (return to natural theory)

represent work

"Stones of Venice"

Practice: William Morris (Father of modern design)

Putting Ruskin's ideas into practice

Representative works: "Red Room"

evaluate

advantage

Innovative design style (emphasis on handwork + design democracy + learning from nature + anti-complicated decoration)

Emphasize the importance of craftsmanship

Democratic ideas (serving the public, anti-elitist design)

Provide future generations with a reference for new design styles

shortcoming

Oppose industrialization, oppose mass production, and stand on the opposite side of social development

It is ideologically democratic, but in reality the design is highly decorative and unlikely to be enjoyed by ordinary people.

The movement is negative and full of utopian illusions

significance

The origin of the Arts and Crafts Movement was that artists at that time were unable to solve the problems caused by industrialization and attempted to escape reality and retreat to the Middle Ages and the Gothic period. The movement denied large-scale industrialization and mechanical production, resulting in no major style that could lead the trend.

From an ideological point of view, this movement is negative, but his production provided a reference for later designers and a model for attempts that were different from the past, and its influence spread throughout the United States, Europe and other regions.