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Victorian architecture

Victorian architecture . during the reign of Queen Victoria of England, 1937-190. Had a mix of different architectural styles. Features of Victorian style: Bay windows Sash windows. 3- Trims: -Dentils -gingerbread decoration . 4-steep Gable Roofs . 5- Turrets . 6-Verandas.

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Victorian architecture

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  1. Victorian architecture • during the reign of Queen Victoria of England, 1937-190. • Had a mix of different architectural styles.

  2. Features of Victorian style: • Bay windows • Sash windows

  3. 3- Trims: -Dentils -gingerbread decoration

  4. 4-steep Gable Roofs

  5. 5- Turrets

  6. 6-Verandas

  7. Victorian interiors: • Richly patterned wallpaper • Velvet drapes • Elaborate cornice • chandelier

  8. Victorian architecture was hugely criticized for its poor design and the mix of styles, heavy furnishing and decoration.

  9. Arts and Crafts Movement • Reformed during the Victorian era • Against the mass produced furniture and the poor taste and choices of the Victorian style • Manufactured pieces: poor in design and quality

  10. “to create designs for the people and by the people, and a source of pleasure To the maker and the user” • High cost  upper class only • Started with a suggestion to go back to the past  and moved to more simple, subtle and new approach of design

  11. John Ruskin: protested against architecture practice, Was against materials looking like others • William Morris: designer and founder of arts & crafts movement started his own company producing hand-made pieces • W.R Lethaby: founder of arts and crafts school

  12. Hand block printed wallpaper and textiles

  13. Morris’s Red house Red house

  14. Characteristics of Arts &Crafts Movement Furniture • Truth to materials Preserving and emphasizing the natural qualities of the materials • Simple , straight line forms and lack of unnecessary ornaments There was no extravagant or superfluous decoration and the actual construction of the object was often exposed. • Natural motifs Nature was an important source of Arts and Crafts motifs. The patterns used were inspired by the flora and fauna of the British countryside

  15. South Kensingston Museum

  16. The Orchard, ChorleywoodC.F.A. Voysey

  17. Arts & crafts in America • Called mission style • By greene brothers • Outdoor Pergolas

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