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From Whitechapel to Camelot
This book chronicles the life and times of Charles Robert Ashbee, a man whose work as an architect, designer, and social reformer had a profound impact on the arts and crafts movement. From his early days in the East End of London to his later years in the idyllic village of Chipping Campden, Ashbee's story is one of creativity, vision, and social conscience. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
C.R. Ashbee
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.
Where the Great City Stands
"Ashbee's most substantial presentation of his ideas on architecture, the arts, town planning and modern life in general, showing the respective influences on him of Bodley, Morris, Frank Lloyd Wright, the English Arts and Crafts movement and American Beaux Arts classicism. It is still stimulating reading today"--abebooks website.
An Endeavor Towards the Teaching of John Ruskin and William Morris
Hardcover reprint of the original 1901 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert). An Endeavor Towards The Teaching of John Ruskin And William Morris. Being A Brief Account of The Work, The Aims, And The Principles of The Guild of Handicraft In East London. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Ashbee, C. R. (Charles Robert). An Endeavor Towards The Teaching of John Ruskin And William Morris. Being A Brief Account of The Work, The Aims, And The Principles of The Guild of Handicraft In East London, . London, Edward Arnold, 1901. Subject: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900
An Anthology of the Arts and Crafts Movement
The Arts & Crafts Movement, which flourished between the 1880s and the start of World War One, has had an enduring global impact on design and craft practice. This volume charts the development of the movement through the writings of a range of authors, including key practitioners of the movement.
The Simple Life
The Simple Life (1981) was Fiona MacCarthy's first book, written while she was the Guardian's design correspondent (and before her acclaimed lives of Eric Gill, William Morris, and Edward Burne-Jones.) It tells of a venturesome effort to enact an Edwardian Utopia in a small town in the Cotswolds. The leader of this endeavour was progressive-minded architect Charles Robert Ashbee, who in 1888 founded the Guild of Handicraft in Whitechapel, specialising in metalworking, jewellery and furniture and informed by the desire to improve society. In 1902 Ashbee and his East London comrades removed the Guild to Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire, hoping to construct a socialistic rural idyll. MacCarthy explores the impact of the experiment on the lives of the group and on the little town they occupied - tracing the Guild's fortunes and misfortunes, hilarious and grave, and the many fellow idealists and artists who were involved (among them William Morris, Roger Fry, and Sidney and Beatrice Webb.)
