The substance of style
Subtitle: perspectives on the American arts and crafts movement
By: edited by Bert Denker.
Contributors: Denker, Bert, 1946-; Winterthur Conference (1990)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum; Distributed by University Press of New England
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Winterthur, Del; Hanover
Language: eng
Number of pages: 469
Subjects: Arts and crafts movement -- United States
Description: In twenty-three separate essays by prominent museum curators, educators, collectors, and scholars, the complex aspects of the American arts and crafts movement are examined: national and international style and ideology; industrial design; redefinition of craft traditions, unification of the fine and decorative arts; and community visions. New discoveries in objects, photographs , and rare prints and manuscripts illustrate the text.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Papers from the 1990 Wintherthur Conference.