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Stickley's Craftsman Homes Hardcover – September 11, 2006
Author Ray Stubblebine discusses Stickley's relationships with other architects and the cross-pollination that took place as they shared ideas in the magazine and even formed the Craftsman Home Builders Club. Gustav Stickley's The Craftsman Home presents valuable information owners and buyers of historic homes, architects, libraries, and historians need to help identify and preserve the homes that have survived.
Ray Stubblebine is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Craftsman Farms Foundation and editor of the foundation's newsletter. He is a writer and speaker on the Arts and Crafts movement in America, and his articles and photographs have been published in Style 1900, Old House Journal, Old House Interiors, New Jersey Monthly, New Jersey Design, American Bungalow, and The New York Times. He lives in Oradell, New Jersey.
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Technically, only a house built from the plans he offered through his The Craftsman magazine or designed by his "Craftsman Architectural Department" should be called a "Craftsman Home." While Stickley today is known for his furniture that can command thousands of dollars at auction, a true understanding of his work must include the environment he created for his furniture and other works of the Arts and Crafts movement-the embodiment of his entire philosophy-The Craftsman Home.
Unlike a style based from a design concept, the Arts and Crafts style is derived from a philosophy. Therefore it can have many derivations that often do not appear all that similar. The work of the French "Art Noveau;" the unique cathedral by Gaudi in Barcelona, Spain; the German "Bauhaus" movement, the Austrian "Wiener Werkstadt" and the American Prairie school all have their roots firmly entwined in the worldwide Arts and Crafts Movement started in England in the 1870s through the writings and promotion of men like William Morris and John Ruskin. This philosophy was summarized in the simple edict urged by Morris-surround yourself with nothing that is not useful, and have nothing in your home that is not beautiful. Beauty and practicality should go hand-in-hand.
- Print length536 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherGibbs Smith
- Publication dateSeptember 11, 2006
- Reading ageBaby - 18 years
- Dimensions9 x 0.75 x 11 inches
- ISBN-101586853791
- ISBN-13978-1586853792
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- Publisher : Gibbs Smith; 1st edition (September 11, 2006)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 536 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1586853791
- ISBN-13 : 978-1586853792
- Reading age : Baby - 18 years
- Item Weight : 6.9 pounds
- Dimensions : 9 x 0.75 x 11 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #277,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #64 in Furniture Design (Books)
- #77 in House Plans
- #144 in Individual Architects & Firms
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