A group of women artists in early 20th century Chicago exemplified the connection between the decorative arts and feminist movements in the United States and is the focus of a new book published by ...

A few years later, at the turn of the 20th century ... of the teachings of the Arts and Crafts movement: The aim of this course is to afford students a thorough training in the history and principles ...

The Arts & Crafts Movement began ... in the mid-19th century in industrialized Britain. Emphasis was placed on handcraftsmanship, high-quality materials and fine decorative design by arts and ...

In the first decades of the 20th century ... of Victorian furnishings and decor,” Stickley popularized an aesthetic, borrowed from the European Arts and Crafts movement, that valued fine ...

Rather than the ornate excesses of its early 20th-century aesthetic ... between Art Nouveau and Art Deco? While they emerged around the same time, each decorative movement has its own distinct ...

“The Ceramic Presence in Modern Art,” a new exhibition re-examining the contributions made by artists working in clay during the second half of the 20th century ... critically lauded within the studio ...

The world’s only museum dedicated to the late 19th- and early 20th-century American Arts and Crafts movement opened today in St. Petersburg, Florida. Fittingly named the Museum of the American ...

While a decorative ... when the art market took off and expanded internationally. Fortunately for modern-day collectors, the avant-garde movements of early 20th-century Berlin and Vienna fostered ...

Handmade baskets were a part of daily life throughout American history up until the 20th century ... Bresler Curator of American Craft and Decorative Art. The exhibition opened October 4 and ...