Apostles Of Beauty : Arts And Crafts From Britain To Chicago -

Art Institute of Chicago. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London: Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some rubbing, scuffing and edge wear to jacket. Interior is clean and unmarked. Slight toning to page edges. Illustrated in color throughout. ; 4to. 12 1/4"h x 9 1/4"w. First Edition is stated.

Art Institute of Chicago, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Book condition is Very Good+; with a Very Good+ dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, volume still in factory shrinkwrap. The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design, and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. The movement's emphasis on aesthetic quality and a high level of craftsmanship, promoted as an antidote to the ubiquity and uninspired appearance of machine-produced products, remains much admired today. Arts and Crafts enjoyed special resonance in Chicago, the home of Jane Addams's Hull House, where immigrants and women received training in handicraft skills not only to beautify domestic life but also to provide them with viable, honorable work. Apostles of Beauty presents outstanding examples by the movement's British originators, such as William Morris and Charles Robert Ashbee, as well as its greatest American practitioners, such as Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd… Leer más

Yale University Press (Distribution). New. 2009. Hardcover. 0300141130 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 208 pages; 236 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- .