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Arts and Crafts
- It would be simpler if I stated that one style of design displaced the previous style, and everything in design history was nice and sequential. But movements and styles tend to overlap, or branch into other areas and ideas. This is the case with Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement. They share similar principles, and occurred in the same approximate time, but have different results. William Morris is the acknowledged leader of the arts and crafts movement. Like the artists who worked in the art nouveau genre, Morris also rejected the Industrial Revolution's bad quality and lack of skilled workmanship. His book design embraced the idea of the artist and worker coming together to make a unique object of beauty. The books of the Arts and Crafts movement were often printed on small presses with limited quantities. The emphasis was on quality, not quantity. Every part of the book, from the typeface, pattern, paper, binding, and materials, was refined. This reflected the…
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