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Charles Robert Ashbee?architect, designer, social reformer, and a major force behind the Arts and Crafts Movement?was one of the most significant figures in British artistic and cultural life at the turn of the century. Inspired by the Romantic anti-industrialism of John Ruskin and William Morris, Ashbee started a small craft workshop in the East End of London in 1888 called the Guild of Handicraft. He not only made it a place where work could be satisfying and creative, but in 1902 boldly moved the Guild's workshops out to the idyllic Cotswold town of Chipping Campden. Utilizing the often vivid journals kept by Ashbee and his wife, Janet, the book documents Ashbee's life and work, the story of the Guild, and the part Ashbee played in a wide range of reform movements.

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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-139780300109399

eBay Product ID (ePID)89596404

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Book TitleC. R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer, and Romantic Socialist

AuthorAlan Crawford

FormatPaperback

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

GenreBiographies & True Stories

Number of Pages512 Pages

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Item Height239mm

Item Width173mm

Item Weight1396g

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Title_AuthorAlan Crawford

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

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by suhazeldin_0
05 Jun, 2020
Ashbee book
A very interesting book. Very well researched and written. Almost encyclopaedic!
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