"The art that is life"
Subtitle: the arts & crafts movement in America, 1875-1920
By: by Wendy Kaplan ; with contributions by Eileen Boris ... [et al.].
Contributors: Boris, Eileen, 1948-; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Publisher: Bulfinch Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Arts and crafts movement -- United States -- Exhibitions; Decorative arts -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions; Decorative arts -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Eclecticism in architecture -- United States -- Exhibitions
Description: "This paperback edition is a reissue of the classic book on the American Arts and Crafts movement, one of the most significant and far-reaching movements in American art. It is also one of the least understood. It transformed not only how objects looked but how people looked at objects. It changed American attitudes toward design and the home, and compelled people to think about the relationship of art to everyday life. The results can be seen in such diverse styles as Gothic, Oriental, Aesthetic, Colonial Revival, Native American, Mission, and Art Nouveau." ""The Art that is Life" was initially published in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition originated by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the first to synthesize the decorative arts and architecture of this period in America. Works include such objects as furniture, glass, silver, ceramics, textiles, wallpaper, books, and architectural drawings. With eight essays by distinguished scholars and more than 300 illustrations, this book serves not only as a classic reference on American design reform but also as a celebration of the era that so unified the "artful" with the "useful.""--Jacket.
Notes: On t.p.: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

"Exhibition dates: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, March 4-May 31, 1987; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, August 16-November 1, 1987; Detroit Institute of Arts, December 9, 1987-February 28, 1988; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, April 5-June 26, 1988."

Includes bibliographical references and index.