Hewitt, Mark A.

Gustav Stickley's Craftsman Farms : the quest for an arts and crafts utopia / Mark Alan Hewitt.

1st ed.

[Syracuse, N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press, 2001.

xviii, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm

"Illustrated with over a hundred archival photographs, this book provides a comprehensive look at Craftsman Farms, one of the critical utopian experiments of the fin-de-siecle period in America." "From 1911 to 1917 Craftsman Farms - now a major museum - was the home of Gustav Stickley, one of the central figures in the American Arts and Crafts Movement. This book unravels the rich and sometimes contradictory ideas that informed not only Stickley but many of the artists and literary figures of the progressive era in America."
"The year 1900 was the fulcrum in a long arc of utopian ideals dating back to Thomas Carlyle, John Ruskin, and William Morris in England, a movement that would eventually lead up to the art communes of the Guild of Handicraft, Woodstock, and the MacDowell colony. Craftsman Farms was at the center of a large group of American experiments in "living the artistic life." With this book, Mark Alan Hewitt provides a foil for a critical examination of the theories that guided many architects, artists, and craft artisans at the turn of the last century."--Jacket.

0815606893 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780815606895 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942 Homes and haunts New Jersey Parsippany.
Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942 Criticism and interpretation.
Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942.
Stickley, Gustav, (1858-1942) Critique et interprétation.
Stickley, Gustav.
Arts and crafts movement New Jersey Parsippany.
Log buildings New Jersey Parsippany.
Furniture, Mission New Jersey Parsippany.
Arts and crafts movement.
Buildings.
Furniture, Mission.
Homes.
Log buildings.
Kunsthandwerk
Möbel
Arts and crafts États-Unis New Jersey (États-Unis)
Architecture domestique États-Unis New Jersey (États-Unis)
Craftsman Farms (Parsippany, N.J.)
Parsippany (N.J.) Buildings, structures, etc.
New Jersey Parsippany.
New Jersey Parsippany Craftsman Farms.
Parsippany (N.J.)

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942.

Location: Library main 217156
Call No.: NK44.S854 H4 2001
Status: Available