单词 | arts and crafts |
释义 | arts and craftsn. Decorative design and handicraft; spec. work done by or under the auspices of the Arts and Crafts Movement, or similar later work; frequently attributive.The Arts and Crafts Movement (founded as the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in London in 1888) sought to revive the ideal of craftsmanship in the decorative arts in an age of increasing mechanization and mass production. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] crafteOE workOE working1536 finishing1663 fancy work1842 ornamentation1851 arts and crafts1888 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [noun] > arts and crafts movement arts and crafts1888 1888 Daily News 28 Apr. 5/8 In September there is to be an exhibition of decorative and ornamental industries, under the auspices of the Arts and Crafts Society. 1894 Studio 48/1 The impression..on the mind of a person who had previously had little experience of collective ‘Arts and Crafts’ may not be without practical value. 1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. xviii. 200 The newly-formed association was at first known by the name of the Combined Arts. The name of the Arts and Crafts was the invention of Mr. Cobden-Sanderson. He was also..responsible for another of the new departures made in the first Arts and Crafts Exhibition. 1939 O. Lancaster Homes Sweet Homes 44 The fervent mediaevalism..found its final expression in the Arts-and-Crafts movement. 1960 N. Pevsner Pioneers Mod. Design (rev. ed.) iv. 94 All this has nothing to do with Siegfried, or with Wagner, and only very little with the seriousmindedness of the Pre-Raphaelites, Morris, and the Arts and Crafts. 1986 Inuit Art Q. Fall 13/2 Inuit arts and crafts were prominently featured at the Government of the Northwest Territories' pavilion at Expo 86 in Vancouver. 2001 Art Room Catal. Autumn 9/3 The large, showy leaves of the acanthus plant are a popular motif in Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau designs. Derivatives arts-and-ˈcraftsy adj. colloquial relating to or characteristic of arts and crafts, or of the Arts and Crafts Movement, esp. what is regarded as its more pretentious side. ΚΠ 1957 R. Campbell Portugal vi. 202 The arts-and-craftsy, self-conscious supervision, patronage, and spurious jollity given to morris dancing..in England. 2006 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 23 Apr. (Features section) 11 The Blisses' arts-and-craftsy country pad, though drab at first glance, is appealingly lived-in. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1888 |
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