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- catalog abstract "It was a time of enormous upheaval in America. Sweeping and convulsive changes spilled into the new century in every conceivable shape: electric lights, overhead railways, airplanes, automobiles, the Ashcan school of painting, jazz, and Henry James. Yet, in the middle of this time of intense innovation, a movement dedicated to simple living began to take shape. It became known as the Craftsman Movement, and an unknown cabinetmaker, Gustav Stickley, became its most vocal spokesman, and in many ways, its embodiment. A Complex Fate chronicles Stickley's life and career - a career marked by the same contradictions that characterized America's transition from a largely rural society to a modern, technological one. He regarded himself as a modern, yet espoused a philosophy that celebrated simplicity, community, and skilled manual work. His furniture itself, at first glance simple, stark, and hand-built, was nevertheless mass-produced and regarded as thoroughly modern by a public eager to buy it. In this, the first full-length profile of Stickley, we follow his rise to staggering wealth, wide popularity, and enormous influence on the design of furniture, pottery, metalwork, jewelry, bookbinding, leatherwork and architecture. We see the power of his charisma and uncommon ego, his plans for rural crafts schools, and his messianic drive to spread the message of artisanship, community, and honest, unalienated labor. We watch, too, as his ambitions and contradictions finally become overwhelming, leaving him a bankrupt and broken man.".
- catalog contributor b7241235.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "A Complex Fate chronicles Stickley's life and career - a career marked by the same contradictions that characterized America's transition from a largely rural society to a modern, technological one. He regarded himself as a modern, yet espoused a philosophy that celebrated simplicity, community, and skilled manual work. His furniture itself, at first glance simple, stark, and hand-built, was nevertheless mass-produced and regarded as thoroughly modern by a public eager to buy it. In this, the first full-length profile of Stickley, we follow his rise to staggering wealth, wide popularity, and enormous influence on the design of furniture, pottery, metalwork, jewelry, bookbinding, leatherwork and architecture.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-188) and index.".
- catalog description "It was a time of enormous upheaval in America. Sweeping and convulsive changes spilled into the new century in every conceivable shape: electric lights, overhead railways, airplanes, automobiles, the Ashcan school of painting, jazz, and Henry James. Yet, in the middle of this time of intense innovation, a movement dedicated to simple living began to take shape. It became known as the Craftsman Movement, and an unknown cabinetmaker, Gustav Stickley, became its most vocal spokesman, and in many ways, its embodiment.".
- catalog description "We see the power of his charisma and uncommon ego, his plans for rural crafts schools, and his messianic drive to spread the message of artisanship, community, and honest, unalienated labor. We watch, too, as his ambitions and contradictions finally become overwhelming, leaving him a bankrupt and broken man.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 192 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Complex fate.".
- catalog identifier "0471143928 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0891332278".
- catalog isFormatOf "Complex fate.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Washington, D.C.] : Preservation Press ; New York : John Wiley,".
- catalog relation "Complex fate.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State)".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "749.213 20".
- catalog subject "Arts and crafts movement New York (State)".
- catalog subject "Cabinetmakers United States.".
- catalog subject "Furniture designers United States.".
- catalog subject "N6537.S74 S26 1996".
- catalog subject "Stickley, Gustav, 1858-1942 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog title "A complex fate : Gustav Stickley and the Craftsman Movement / Barry Sanders.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".