laquo; Nrsquo;ayez rien dans vos maisons que vous ne consideacute;rez pas utile ou croyez ecirc;tre beau. raquo;Cette citation de William Morris pourrait reacute;sumer agrave; elle seule les Arts Crafts; mouvement unique qui; en Angleterre; provoqua une veacute;ritable reacute;forme des arts appliqueacute;s. Fondeacute;s par John Ruskin; puis veacute;ritablement mis en oelig;uvre par William Morris; les Arts Crafts veacute;hiculegrave;rent des ideacute;es reacute;volutionnaires dans lrsquo;Angleterre victorienne. Au milieu de lrsquo;egrave;re industrielle laquo; sans acirc;me raquo; qui standardisait les objets; les Arts Crafts proposegrave;rent de remettre lrsquo;estheacute;tique au sein de la production. Lrsquo;artisanat et le design devinrent ainsi le coelig;ur de cette ideacute;ologie nouvelle. Influenccedil;ant de nombreux domaines agrave; travers le monde; les tendances Arts Crafts se traduisirent essentiellement dans le design; lrsquo;architecture ou la peinture.
#3737949 in eBooks 2014-05-10 2014-05-10File Name: B00KHLP1ME
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The "original" Father Brown in "snack" form -- 24-7.By MaryThose; like me; who enjoy the British TV series will delight in discovering the original stories in book form. Once youve experienced the TV version and its beloved Father Brown character; its hard not to imagine the literary character any differently; but I didnt find that distracting or objectionable in any way. Im partial to having a collection of short stories on hand which are perfect for bed-time reading -- or waiting rooms. These are well written "mini-mysteries" with well-drawn stories that still manage to keep your interest and often; conveniently; reveal the culprit before you are called into the doctors office.16 of 16 people found the following review helpful. The Innocense of Father BrownBy sherlockholmesguyThe Innocense of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterson is an asssemby of 12 short detective stories with the main character; Father Brown; as the super sluth who identifies the clues as the stories develope.The expectation is that the reader will have an idea as to who; what; where; why and how things happened. Many of the stories are quite easy to figure out ex. The Eye of Apollo; some much harder ex.The Sign of the Broken Sword; but most are fairly entertaining. (I had a problem with one The Flying Stars; it was so boring; I couldnt finish it. That was the one disappointment in the collection.) G.K. Chesterson was a prolific writer; author; philosopher; etc. in the late 19th and well into the 20th century. This collection of Father Brown stories is is a good representation of his detective works. He leaves clues which lead you to the answer of the mystery; but he doesnt develope the characters very much; partly because the stories themselves are relatively short. For the most part; this is fairly entertaining; but certainly not the best mysteries you will read. 3 stars.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fun!By RyanThis was a charming murder mystery book. Each chapter is its own murder mystery short story. Chesterton has such a wonderful writing style and really draws you into the tale. Highly recommended. You dont have to begin by committing to the entire book since each chapter stands on its own; bit the writing style and characters develop by the end. Great read!
