Arts and Crafts Movement

noun

1. a movement, originating in England c1860 as a reaction against poor-quality mass-produced goods, that sought to revive earlier standards of workmanship and design, conceiving of decoration and craftsmanship as a single entity to be applied to the handcrafted production of both utilitarian and decorative objects, and that produced furniture, textiles, wallpaper, jewelry, and other items, often decorated with floral motifs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arts and Crafts Movement¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

The timber façade was installed by her grandfather, WG Innes, in 1927 in tribute to his love of the Arts and Crafts movement.

From BBC

Before long he moved to California, where the surge of the Arts and Crafts Movement convinced him to let go of his dreams of becoming a traditional painter like Picasso and embrace painting through stained-glass instead.

From Seattle Times

Martin Ware is associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, which arose in the late 19th century in opposition to the industrialization of decorative arts.

From New York Times

"I'm most pleased about doing it in Cumbria and bringing artworks to Carlisle years after the region was famous for the Arts and Crafts Movement in the Lake District Arts and Keswick School of Industrial Art," says Mr Bull, who has lived in Cumbria almost all his life.

From BBC

Tolkien was a talented artist whose work clearly shows the influence of Britain’s Arts and Crafts movement, equally at home with visionary landscapes and the decorative arts, as demonstrated by two jewel-toned drawings of Númenórean carpets.

From Washington Post