... John Ruskin, took their strong ideas against industrialization to the next level. The mechanized process threatened handcrafts and resulted in cheapened, monotonous merchandise. In 1861 William Morris founded one of the first companies devoted to providing simple handcrafted furniture; other craftsmen followed, and the movement took its name from the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. William Morris was born in ... and its social and historical implications described in The Seven Lamps of Architecture and its sequel, The Stones of Venice. Ruskin was born February 8, 1819, in London and...

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