1. Arts and Crafts Movement
– Britain
– United States
John Ruskin
William Morris
Richard Norman Shaw

2. John Ruskin Originator of Arts and Crafts Movement
Social values
Artistic qualities
Originator of Arts and Crafts Movement
Stones of Venice – The nature of Gothic
Seven Lamps of Architecture

3. The Aesthetic Movements
Roots of Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain
John Ruskin – writer, theorist and critic
Machine made things are truly tasteless and gaudy and
handcrafted things were honest in terms of function, materials and techniques of production.
Excessive and ugly ornamentation is to be abolished but meaningful decoration devised by the craftsmen is to be welcomed.
He wrote Seven lamps of architecture
Sacrifice, truth, power, beauty, life, memory, obedience
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4. William Morris Leader of Arts and Crafts Movement
1862- found a firm / workshop
Red House, Bexley Heath
Developed freely
Parts vary in shape as well as in height, but they are united

5. The Aesthetic Movements
Roots of Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain
William Morris
Red House –
Designed by Philip Webb
Founded the firm “Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. to produce tapestries, wall papers and furniture handcrafted
Irregular plan – result of its function
Functional simplicity
Interior - white walls, vaulted ceiling, and wood detail..
Morris chairs – arm chairs with adjustable tilt backs
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6. William Morris/ Philip Webb – Red House - 1860

7. Leyswood in Sussex New Zealand Chambers, London-1873
Richard Norman Shaw
Leyswood in Sussex
New Zealand Chambers, London-1873

8. Richard Norman Shaw, Leyswood 1870

9. Art Nouveau Movement

10. Art Nouveau Movement European movement 1890-1910
Abandoned traditional styles
Opposed Arts and Crafts Movement
Expressed own inventiveness and individualism through design rich in swirling, graceful curves.

11. Art Nouveau Movement
Art Nouveau was a world of forms corresponding with the world of techniques.
The industry with its logical forms was unifying with the development of arts.

12. The Art Nouveau
Why was Art Nouveau recognizable and unique style???????
Rejection of Victorian movements or historic styles
Using modern materials(iron and glass) and modern techniques (industrial production)
Mixing fine arts (painting, sculpture, etc) into architecture and interior design
Use of decorative ornamentation (flowers, vines, shells, bird feathers, insect wings) both naturally and abstractly.
Curvilinear forms is dominant in structural forms and in ornamentation

13. Victor Horta Hector Guimard Antonio Gaudi
Art Nouveau Movement
Victor Horta
Hector Guimard
Antonio Gaudi

14. Victor Horta first architect to produce an Art Nouveau Movement
Tassel House, Brussels in 1893
Solvay House, Brussels in 1895

16. Victor Horta, Hotel Tassel, Brussels - 1893

19. Entrance door, Delhaye House

21. Hector Guimard started his career in 1888 Met Victor Horta Paris
Castel Beranger – apartment house, exterior house is Neo-Gothic, interior is Art Nouveau
Detail – plan and supervise
Subway metro entrances in 1990 – 140nos.
Railings and Archways
Guimard house, Paris

28. Antonio Gaudi Understanding of engg. And design
Innovative structural sytems
Imaginative use of materials
Casa Battlo – reface an older building – House of Bones
Casa Mila – wave like

30. Antonio Gaudi – Casa Battlo, Barcelona - 1907

31. His synthesis of animal shapes,
vine-like curves,
hints of bone and skeleton,
use of lustrous colored bits of glazed ceramic and glass

34. With its undulating façade
sculptural roof,
appears more organic than artificial,
as if it were carved straight from the ground.
On the roof is the famous sculpture terrace.