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Author:

Kaplan, Wendy.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Bulfinch Press,

Copyright Date:

1998, c1987

Description:

xiv, 410 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Arts and crafts movement--United States--Exhibitions.
Decorative arts--United States--Exhibitions.--19th century--Exhibitions.
Decorative arts--United States--Exhibitions.--20th century--Exhibitions.
Eclecticism in architecture--United States--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Boris, Eileen, 1948-
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Notes:

On t.p.: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Exhibition dates: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 4-May 31, 1987; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 16-November 1, 1987; Detroit Institute of Arts, December 9, 1987-February 28, 1988; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, April 5-June 26, 1988." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The lamp of British precedent : an introduction to the arts and crafts movement / Wendy Kaplan -- 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 -- "Dreams of brotherhood and beauty" : the social ideas of the arts and crafts movement / Eileen Boris -- The art of work / Robert Edwards -- Spreading the crafts : the role of the schools / Wendy Kaplan -- House and home in the arts and crafts eras : reforms for simpler living / Cheryl Robertson -- A more reasonable way to dress / Sally Buchanan Kinsey.

ISBN:

9780821225547
0821225545

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40495817

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)