Question

What was the main goal and characteristics of the arts and crafts movement in architecture?

Answer 1

The Arts and Crafts Movement began in Britain around 1880 and quickly spread to America, Europe and Japan. Inspired by the ideas of John Ruskin and William Morris, it advocated a revival of traditional handicrafts, a return to a simpler way of life and an improvement in the design of ordinary domestic objects.

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Answer 2

The Arts and Crafts movement emerged in the last decades of the nineteenth century as a reaction against the first industrial style, which had developed in England throughout that century.

It was characterized by rejecting industrial methods of work, the propose of architecture as the center of all design activities and more rights to artists. The main goal was to raise the social and aesthetic dignity of design and all applied arts, integrating them into an architectural environment harmonious and beautiful.