Title & Author:

Apostles of beauty : arts and crafts from Britain to Chicago / edited by Judith A. Barter ; with essays by Judith A. Barter [and others].

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, 2009.
New Haven, Conn. : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2009.
©2009

Description:

207 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 7, 2009 to January 31, 2010"--Title page verso
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 7, 2009 to January 31, 2010"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207) and index.
British historicism and the road to modernism / Judith A. Barter -- The spell of Japan was upon them : Japanism and the arts and crafts movement / Ellen E. Roberts -- "To promote and to extend the principles established by Morris" : Elbert Hubbard, Gustav Stickley, and the redefinition of American arts and crafts / Brandon K. Ruud -- "A new and living spirit" : pictorialist principles and the arts and crafts movement / Sarah E. Kelly -- Chicago : a bridge to the future / Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski -- Illustrated checklist.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. This text presents outstanding examples by the movement's British originators, including William Morris, as well as its greatest American practitioners, including Frank Lloyd Wright.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780300141139
0300141130

Subject:

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Design 2016
Arts and crafts movement Great Britain Exhibitions.
Arts and crafts movement United States Exhibitions.
Artisans Great Britain 19th century Exhibitions.
Artisans United States 19th century Exhibitions.
Arts and crafts movement Grande-Bretagne Expositions.
Arts and crafts movement États-Unis Expositions.
Artisans Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle Expositions.
Artisans États-Unis 19e siècle Expositions.
Artisans
Arts and crafts movement
Kunst
Kunsthandwerk
Design
Arts and Crafts.
Arts and crafts movement Great Britain.
Arts and crafts movement United States.
Great Britain
United States
Großbritannien
USA
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Verenigde Staten.
Chicago.

Form/genre:

Ausstellung Chicago (Ill.) 2009.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Tentoonstellingen (vorm)
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Barter, Judith A., 1951- editor, writer of added commentary.
Barter, Judith A., 1951-
Art Institute of Chicago.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264829
Call No.: BIB 196280
Status: Available