Newly available in paperback this comprehensive companion to the Arts & Crafts movement reviews its background history personalities & glorious products. The origins of the movement are identified & the inspiration of its founder William Morris craftsman poet & social reformer is celebrated. Such key exponents as Charles Rennie Mackintosh Frank Lloyd Wright & Gustav Stickley are considered in detail & information is provided on the distinguishing characteristics of each designers contribution. Illustrated with 300 meticulously researched images this is a rich & invaluable general survey & an important work of reference for the collector. ...

The Arts & Crafts Movement espoused values of simplicity craftsmanship & beauty quite counter to Victorian & Edwardian industrialism. Though most famous for its architecture furniture & ornamental work between the 1890s & the 1930s the movement also produced gardens all over Britain whose designs redolent of a lost golden era had worldwide influence. These designs by luminaries such as Gertrude Jekyll & Sir Edwin Lutyens were engaging & romantic combinations of manor-house garden formalism & the naive charms of the cottage garden
- but from formally clipped topiary to rugged wild borders nothing was left to chance. Sarah Rutherford here explores the winding paths & meticulously shaped hedges the gazebos & gateways the formal terraces & the billowing border plantings that characterised the Arts & Crafts garden & directs readers & gardeners to where they can visit & be inspired by these beautiful works of art.
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Mary Greensted tells the story of the birth & development of the arts & craft movement in Britain with the help of numerous illustrations showing the buildings furniture metalwork & the people who influenced it. The movement was concerned with the revival of traditional crafts & a return to the vernacular & it had socialist ideals at its heart. This movement which flourished in the early twentieth century has not only bequeathed us with a wealth of fine objects & buildings but also a way of thinking about life & craft that continues to influence many today. ...

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities such as walking horse riding & off-road cycling. The series provides complete GB coverage & can now be used in all weathers thanks to OS Explorer Map
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The Oxford Revision Guides series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams & concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the content of the AS & A Level specifications & presented them in a refreshingly clear & concise format. Simple illustrations are used to present information in a particularly clear & memorable way. ...

Expert authors have taken the content of the AS & A Level specifications & presented them in a refreshingly clear & concise format. Simple illustrations are used to present information in a particularly clear & memorable way & all content is broken down into short one-page sections. ...

The Oxford Revision Guides series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams & concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the content of the AS & A Level specifications & presented them in a refreshingly clear & concise format. Simple illustrations are used to present information in a particularly clear & memorable way. ...

The Oxford Revision Guides series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams & concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the content of the AS & A Level specifications & presented them in a refreshingly clear & concise format. Simple illustrations are used to present information in a particularly clear & memorable way. ...

The Oxford Revision Guides series builds on the fact that pictures are easier to memorize than words. Each topic is summarized on a single page using annotated diagrams & concise notes with a full index for easy reference. Expert authors have taken the content of the AS & A Level specifications & presented them in a refreshingly clear & concise format. Simple illustrations are used to present information in a particularly clear & memorable way. ...