Masterpieces of the Arts and Crafts Movement

Synopsis: Slide pack based on an exhibition held at the Manchester City Art Gallery, showing a selection of objects including works by some of the most prominent members of the Arts and Crafts Movement: William Morris, C R Ashbee, William de Morgan, Walter Crane and May Morris, together with the lesser known artists Katharine Adams, Florence Steele and Peter McLeish. The slides explore the context within which the objects were acquired and examine their aesthetic and social significance in relation to late Victorian Britain, particularly the major industrial city of Manchester.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; 30 slides.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £32.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)
Documentation: Accompanying 16-page text with introduction, commentary, bibliography.
Subjects: Crafts
Keywords: Arts and Crafts movement; Manchester; Morris, William

Name: Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design
Email: c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk
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Phone: 0161 247 1930
Fax: 0161 247 6897
Address: The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG

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