Social Reform: The Arts And Crafts Movement

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The Arts and Crafts Movement did not promote a certain style, but it did encourage reform as part of its philosophy and brought about a critical look at industrial labor. The movement was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910 in response to the negative social and aesthetic consequences of the Industrial Revolution. Modern machines were replacing workers, Arts and Crafts supporters wanted advancement of the designer as a craftsman. This would lead to social reform and allow the craftsman to take pride in his own work. The Arts and Crafts Movement was inspired mainly by the ideas of artist and designer William Morris in Britain. Led by Morris, the Arts and Crafts Movement aimed to combine the functional and the decorative, and

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