Week 4

John Ruskin

• philosophical leader of Arts & Crafts movement
• rejected idea of mercantile economy
• believed your work should be in service of society
• as a model he points to construction of a gothic cathedral
• publishes first set of poems when he's 24

people start having utopian ideas
their thoughts are bigger
how can I make a better world, a system of art

return to medieval
we tend to remember how good the old days were

William Morris

• mostly remembered for his pattern designs
• developed interest in book arts
• first typeface Golden (old style), used to print book called the Golden Legend
• also designed troy (blackletter) and smaller version of troy called chaucer
• tonality of initial cap is perfect

Roycrofters

• take idea of arts & crafts movement and bring to America
• americans made practical for commerce and added humor
• do a lot of things out of pressed tin and copper/ceramic