Arts & Crafts: Architecture and Design Library [Hardcover]

Kitty Turgeon (Author), Robert Rust (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 31, 2002

“[The books] give a succinct overview of...architecture and interior design styles...will be useful in professional and school design libraries.”—Library Journal.

 

“Good value. Designed to spark... the imagination...[with] well-illustrated views of both interiors and exteriors.”—Veranda.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Friedman/Fairfax (May 31, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156799363X
• ISBN-13: 978-1567993639
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 9.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #492,325 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

125 of 127 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent color photos make this book a must!, May 6, 1999

By 

J. Wheeler (San Francisco Bay Area Arts & Crafts Movement) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Arts & Crafts: Architecture and Design Library (Hardcover)

This is a well-done book on Arts & Crafts Movement exteriors, interiors, details and finishes. Over eighty beautifully shot color photos show buildings, furniture, and decorative details of the Movements style, and what makes it so warm and appealing. Anyone who is a fan of the Movement, and especially anyone considering remodeling or building an Arts & Crafts style home should have this book for the pictures alone.

J. Wheeler

San Francisco Bay Area Arts & Crafts Movement

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Orchard/8642/

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well-done representation of the spirit of arts and crafts, December 12, 2002

By 

Amy Hilliard (VA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arts & Crafts: Architecture and Design Library (Hardcover)

This was the first book on the arts and crafts movement I read, and I have only read a few since then, so you can take my opinion with a grain of salt. What I was looking for, and found in this book, is an overview of the arts and crafts style. What I like about it, but one of the other on-line reviewers did not, is that it uses arts and crafts movement as inspiration, and brings it into modern times. However, it does this without losing the feel and goals of the style. It has beautiful photos and tells you which elements of design in each photo is specific to the arts and crafts movement. Also, it not only has photos of interior rooms, but also of exteriors. Pictures of original elements are inluded. For example there is a picture of the "Gamble House" and Frank Lloyd Wright's own dining room.

I think anyone would like this book, but I would specifically recommend it to people who are starting out exploring the arts and crafts movement and want to see if they like it, or those who want a simple book that represents the spirit of the movement. People who are die hard admirers of arts and crafts may want to check out other books.

33 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Arts and Crafts (Architecture and Design Library), February 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Arts & Crafts: Architecture and Design Library (Hardcover)

I returned it. Not what I expected....pictures are not relevant to the Arts and Craft movement. Too many new designs in newer homes. If you want to get a good book go with The Bungalow, Americas Arts and Craft Home. This book has more to offer and better photos,inside and outside of the Bungalow.