Arts and Crafts vs Gothic Revival

アーツ・アンド・クラフツ / ゴシック・リヴァイヴァル

Arts and Crafts comes from Craft Movements and Gothic Revival from Historical Styles. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.

Arts and Crafts

Arts and Crafts — William Morris, Strawberry Thief, 1883 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainArts and Crafts — ウィリアム・モリス『柳の枝』1887 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainArts and Crafts — ウェッブ＆モリス レッドハウス — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Returns material and handwork to the center of design, joining every detail of daily life under one conviction.

Gothic Revival

Gothic Revival — エドマンド・F・アラス《英国国会議事堂 貴族院議場》1913年 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainGothic Revival — ダーク・ハーパー《ジョージ・ギルバート・スコット設計 セント・パンクラス駅ミッドランド・グランド・ホテル外観》2007年撮影 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0Gothic Revival — Acabashi《ウィリアム・バターフィールド設計 オール・ハロウズ教会内陣》2016年撮影 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0

A movement that deliberately chose the pointed arch and the verticality of the Middle Ages again, in objection to industrialization and to classicism. It was not simple nostalgia. It created the idea that choosing a style is an argument about morality and national character.

Arts and CraftsGothic Revival
Era1860s–1910s1740s–1900s
FamilyCraft MovementsHistorical Styles
KindStyleStyle
CuesRepeating plants / Flat contours / Density of handwork / Colors from natureThe pointed arch and an emphasis on the vertical / Rib vaults and pinnacles / Stone used together with iron / Ornament drawn from medieval manuscripts
Best used forHonesty for long-lived tools and household brands · Uniting pattern, letter and material in one storyGiving institutions and scholarship the weight of accumulated time · Giving a place tension and height through verticality
TypeSerifs or ornamented letters that feel hand-cutBlackletter for headings only, with a readable face for text.
CompositionRepeat plants and creatures with the seams hiddenStrengthen the vertical divisions and lead the eye up and down.
MaterialDeep indigo, plant-dye tones, off-white; keep the texture of paper and clothPair the texture of stone with light passing through colored glass.
CautionA floral print alone loses the conviction. Align material, making and a structure that lasts.Applying a pointed arch is not enough. Unless the vertical runs through the structure you get a theme park.

Put these two together

Craft Movements ／ Historical Styles

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