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C. F. A. Voysey: Architect, Designer, Individualist Hardcover - 2011
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- Title C. F. A. Voysey: Architect, Designer, Individualist
- Author O'Donnell, Anne Stewart
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- Publisher Pomegranate, San Francisco, CA
- Date 2011-03
- ISBN 9780764958847
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Perfect in factory shrink wrap.A leading figure in the British Arts and Crafts movement, Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) could easily have made a career out of pattern design alone, for his ingenious textiles and wall coverings in fresh, clear colors won him international acclaim. By the mid-1890s, however, he also was hailed as one of Britain"s most innovative architects. For the small country houses that were his specialty, he rejected the lavish ornamentation and historical trappings so beloved by the Victorians, relying instead on simple, expressive forms and materials. His influence on the field of architecture cannot be overstated. As one critic noted in 1927, "Voysey . . . set architects in a new relation to their work. It is not only the things he did, but more particularly the spirit in which he addressed himself to his tasks, which places architects and architecture in his debt."
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