The Western world was radically transformed in the 19th century. In addition to the new booming urban centers, industrialization changed how people earned a living and introduced new, affordable factory-made products into the home. As a backlash to this cheapening of labor and goods, some artists and critics expressed a desire to return to a more noble time when skilled crafts were celebrated which give rise to the Art & Craft movement. While the advocates of this movement were later connecte
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