Arts and Crafts Movement

Dada was an anti-art movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland in the early 20th century in 1916 (Young). The term anti-art refers to a rebellion against the war and destruction that had happened years before. It started as a response to World War I and the nationalism that it is believed led to the war (Elza Adamowicz). It was influenced by other avant-garde movements such as Expressionism, Cubism and Futurism (Craft). The name Dada is known to have been selected at random from a dictionary,…

If the output of interdisciplinary dialog between psychology, art history and aesthetics was to offer a more open-ended notion of ornament, one that mediates an aesthetic “vitality”, it would still be up to artists and architects at the time to debate over what was the “vitality” that to be conveyed, what role did the artist play in this mediation and ultimately what value would this creation possess. The inherent “modern” characteristic of such a vitality was closely intertwined with everyday…

He designed over one thousand buildings, many hundreds of which were built including the Guggenheim Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in New York City. His furniture and home decor items often go unmentioned in comparison to his larger works, however he was also a prolific designer of commodity ware. The object of this paper’s discussion is a green ceramic vase which he designed for…

and draws conclusions and lessons from it, which he shares with his audience. - And he certainly has amazing and impressive technical skills. If we add all this together, it makes perfect sense to qualify his work as art; ‘wearable art’. Also the fact that the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York dedicated an exhibition to his work, attracting so many visitors who were simply stunned by his creations supports the view that his work exceeds craftsmanship. Alexander McQueen is merely a prime…

The Bauhaus school was founded in Weimar by the German architect Walter Gropius in 1919 with a modern agenda that included the unification of the arts and the elimination of the distinction between artist and craftsperson. In an essay on the Bauhaus written in 1923, Gropius acknowledged the sources that shaped the foundation of the Bauhaus school, sources which included William Morris and John Ruskin in England, Henry Van der Velde in Belgium, as well as Peter Behrens and the Deutsche Werkbund…

from Mies van der Rohe perfectly describes the importance of the Bauhaus movement and the work of Walter Gropius. In a time where technology and necessities for the modern man triggered an architectural revolution, Gropius and the Bauhaus movement became key elements in the progression of modernism. In a time of turmoil politically, culturally and architecturally, Gropius founded a new movement that would change the face of arts and architecture to present day. With the help of artists and…

design,1990. Craft disciplines such as ceramics, glass, and textiles might fall into the category of applied arts, industrial arts, decorative arts, fine arts, or crafts. They have been understood as “medium-designated” practices, the values of which are correlated with material objects and their production (Rowley, 1997).)Industrialization brought new opportunities for mass production in craft manufacturing industries. The…

life span of 25 years, Art Nouveau went out of style, as it was succeeded by Art Deco as well as suffered from the social shift caused by World War I. If Art Nouveau was forgotten, how important must it have been? Art Nouveau was immensely important since it was more than an art style. It was a lifestyle of its own. During those 25 years of existence, it was omnipresent. From graphic design, jewelry, architecture, product design, furniture, to even the subway gates in Paris, Art Nouveau was the…

postfeminist also carries over into the postmodern movement surrounding the debut of the Marlene. The postmodern movement in art that had started in the late 20th century began to move away from the modernist theory of function over form and not being able to decipher individuals in the art to an art style that was purely about form and focused on the individual. Angela Oatley explained the postmodern movement in the early 21st century as, ”… all forms of art are made with the sole purpose of…

because people feared them in society. Moral Treatment was developed as a result of this, to focus on the group of suffering humanity. Moral Treatment: The Moral Treatment movement was started so that people with mental disorders would be treated with compassion, and not abused like they were in previous times. This movement implemented purposeful activity in order for people to feel like they…