Arts and Crafts Movement 1850-1900 – Britain 1876-1916 – United States John Ruskin William Morris Richard Norman Shaw Charles Voysey
John Ruskin Social values – decline of moral and spiritual values Artistic qualities – decline of artistic standards in manufactured goods Originator of Arts and Crafts Movement Stones of Venice – The nature of Gothic Seven Lamps of Architecture
William Morris Leader of Arts and Crafts Movement 1862- found a firm / workshop Red House, Bexley Heath Developed freely Parts vary in shape as well as in height, but they are united
William Morris/ Philip Webb – Red House - 1860
Leyswood in Sussex Victorian Gothic Rural vernacular style Richard Norman Shaw Leyswood in Sussex Victorian Gothic Rural vernacular style
Richard Norman Shaw, Leyswood 1870
Art Nouveau Movement
Art Nouveau Movement European movement 1890-1910 Abandoned traditional styles Opposed Arts and Crafts Movement Expressed own inventiveness and individualism through design rich in swirling, graceful curves.
Art Nouveau Movement Art Nouveau was a world of forms corresponding with the world of techniques. The industry with its logical forms was unifying with the development of arts.
Victor Horta Hector Guimard Antonio Gaudi Art Nouveau Movement Victor Horta Hector Guimard Antonio Gaudi
Victor Horta first architect to produce an Art Nouveau Movement Tassel House, Brussels in 1893 Solvay House, Brussels in 1895
Victor Horta, Hotel Tassel, Brussels - 1893
Entrance door, Delhaye House
Hector Guimard started his career in 1888 Met Victor Horta Paris Castel Beranger – apartment house, exterior house is Neo-Gothic, interior is Art Nouveau Detail – plan and supervise Subway metro entrances in 1990 – 140nos. Railings and Archways Guimard house, Paris
Antonio Gaudi Understanding of engg. And design Innovative structural sytems Imaginative use of materials 1884 – La Sagrada Familia – 4 towers Finca Guell’s Pavilions – wrought iron gate – The Dragon Gate Residential Park Casa Battlo – reface an older building – House of Bones Casa Mila – wave like
Antonio Gaudi – Casa Battlo, Barcelona - 1907