Arts and Crafts Movement and Great Exhibitions
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Vocabulary flashcards covering the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Crystal Palace, and major historical World's Fairs.
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Arts and Crafts Movement
An artistic movement characterized by a love of the vernacular, nostalgia for pre-Industrial Revolution times, and an interest in Gothic/mediaeval art, architecture, other cultures, and Arthurian legends.
The Great Exhibition of 1851
The first of many international exhibitions across the industrial world, housed inside the Crystal Palace.
Crystal Palace
An ethereal modular structure over 550 metres long covering 19 acres, designed by Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Joseph Paxton
The author and designer of the Crystal Palace who contemporary critics referred to as an 'engineer' rather than an architect due to his innovative modular design.
1889 Paris World’s Fair
An international exhibition in Paris (L’Exposition Universelle) featuring Volpini's show of Gauguin's work in a café on the fairgrounds.
1925 Exposition Internationalle des Arts Decoratifs
An international exhibition that featured Corbusier's L'Esprit Nouvelle pavilion.
The Albert Memorial
An 1875 monument located in Hyde Park, London, showing Prince Albert holding the catalogue of The Great Exhibition of 1851 in his right hand.
Walead Beshty
Author of 'On American Ingenuity (and the Problem of the Readymade)' in Afterall 17 (Spring 2008), who characterized the Crystal Palace as an embodiment of newness and a safari of capitalism.