Style Guide: Arts and Crafts and Aestheticism

This guide is designed to provide students with resources related to the Aesthetic Movement, often referred to as the Arts & Crafts or Craftsman style, in art, architecture, and design. Navigate this guide using the topics on the left. For each type of source listed (articles, books, websites, and images and videos) you will find recommended titles.

The wub. Asilomar Chapel Interior. February 21, 2023. Photograph, Wikimedia Commons. This image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Use quotation marks when you search to find a phrase (all the words, together, in that order):

• "arts and crafts movement"
• "arts and crafts style"
• "arts and crafts"

Additional search terms:

• Aesthetic Movement
• Craftsman
• American Craftsman
• Bungalow style
• Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society

Note that there is significant overlap between Aestheticism, Arts and Crafts, and Art Nouveau.