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Feb 9, 2019 - Jul 14, 2019

The Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America

Presented by Harry Ransom Center

Description

The Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain and America

The Arts and Crafts movement occupied a central place in discussions about modern life in Britain and America from the late 1840s to the early 1920s and beyond. Arts and Crafts reformers were concerned with the daily realities of the industrial age and used design to envision and promote a new and improved way of living. Discover how theorists and makers—like John Ruskin and William Morris (along with lesser-known figures like Lucy Crane) in Britain and Candace Wheeler, Alice and Elbert Hubbard, and Gustav Stickley in America—spread their ideas through books, retail showrooms, and world’s fairs, and how Arts and Crafts objects, which were originally handmade and costly, came to be manufactured and sold to the everyday consumer.
Opens: Feb. 9, 2019
Closes: July 14, 2019

To make special arrangements for your course, contact:
Lisa Pulsifer, Head of Education and Public Engagement
lisapulsifer@austin.utexas.edu
512-475-8086

Date and Time

Feb 9, 2019 - Jul 14, 2019

Location

Harry Ransom Center 300 West 21st Street Austin Texas 78712

512-471-8944
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
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