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Apostles of beauty : arts and crafts from Britain to Chicago / edited by Judith A. Barter ; with essays by Judith A. Barter ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Barter, Judith A, 1951- | Art Institute of Chicago.
Publisher: Chicago, IL : New Haven, Conn. : Art Institute of Chicago ; Distributed by Yale University Press, c2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: 207 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.ISBN: 9780300141139 (cloth); 0300141130.Subject(s): Arts and crafts movement -- Great Britain -- Exhibitions | Arts and crafts movement -- United States -- Exhibitions
Contents:
British historicism and the road to modernism / Judith A. Barter -- The spell of Japan was upon them : Japanism and the arts and crafts movement / Ellen E. Roberts -- "To promote and to extend the principles established by Morris" : Elbert Hubbard, Gustav Stickley, and the redefinition of American arts and crafts / Brandon K. Ruud -- "A new and living spirit" : pictorialist principles and the arts and crafts movement / Sarah E. Kelly -- Chicago : a bridge to the future / Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski -- Illustrated checklist.

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 7, 2009 to January 31, 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

British historicism and the road to modernism / Judith A. Barter -- The spell of Japan was upon them : Japanism and the arts and crafts movement / Ellen E. Roberts -- "To promote and to extend the principles established by Morris" : Elbert Hubbard, Gustav Stickley, and the redefinition of American arts and crafts / Brandon K. Ruud -- "A new and living spirit" : pictorialist principles and the arts and crafts movement / Sarah E. Kelly -- Chicago : a bridge to the future / Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski -- Illustrated checklist.

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