What are the characteristics of arts and crafts movement?

Arts and Crafts Movement is a design movement that originated in Britain in the second half of19th century, and its cause is the decline of design level caused by the industrialized production of furniture, indoor products and buildings. The theoretical guidance of this movement is John? 6? 1 Ruskin, the protagonist is William? 6? 1 Morris. This movement is influenced by Japanese art, mainly focusing on jewelry, book binding and so on.

Its characteristics are: 1, emphasizing handicraft industry and explicitly opposing mechanized production.

2. Oppose artificial Victorian style and other classical traditional revival styles in decoration.

3. Advocate Gothic and other medieval styles, and pay attention to simplicity, simplicity and good function.

4. Advocate the integrity of design and oppose the flashy style of design.

5. The characteristics of naturalism, oriental decoration and oriental art are also respected in decoration.

The origin of arts and crafts movement is that artists can't solve the problems brought by industrialization at that time, trying to escape from reality and retreat to their idealized medieval and Gothic periods. The movement denies large-scale industrial and mechanical production and opposes machine aesthetics, making it impossible to become the main style that leads the trend. Mentally speaking, exercise is negative. However, its appearance provided a reference for later designers in design style, and provided a different model for previous attempts, which spread all over the United States and Europe and had far-reaching significance for the later "Art Nouveau Movement".

The background of British arts and crafts movement ※

/kloc-At the beginning of the 9th century, a large number of handicrafts were put on the market, and the design was far behind. Artists disdain product design, while factory owners only pay attention to quality and sales. Design and technology are completely opposite. At that time, the products were divided into rough industrial products and exquisite handicrafts serving a few people. This period is still on the eve of the germination of industrial design thought, and product design is very chaotic.

British Arts and Crafts Sports Design Group ※

1. Century Association (Arthur? 6? 1 Makmudo 1882)。

2. Artists Association (1884).

3. Handicraft Guild (Charles? 6? 1 Ashby 1888).

The design purposes and styles of these groups are very close to Morris's, and they all oppose design authoritarianism, Victorian style, mechanical industrialization and absorption of oriental style, trying to revive the medieval handicraft tradition and elegant unity.

Furniture design of British arts and crafts movement ※

The protagonist is Charles? 6? 1 worthy and Barry? 6? 1 Scotus.

Influenced by Morris, Vosai is different, its design is simple and simple, and it is easy for mass production. Closer to the spiritual essence of arts and crafts movement serving the public. He inherited Morris's style and reached a perfect height. His works represent the heyday of the British arts and crafts movement. His masterpiece is Orchard House.

Scottus likes to use the patterns of animals and plants as decorative motives and outline them with prominent lines, which is quite classic. Used to design furniture for Libert Company. His furniture is also an outstanding representative of the British arts and crafts movement. His masterpiece is the palace interior furniture designed by Archduke Hess.