英国工艺美术运动里的中世主义倾向研究

在英国古典和中世传统并存的社会背景下，英国拒绝了大陆风格的巴洛克艺术而比欧洲大陆更倾向于中世哥特文化传统的复兴，这种倾向一直持续到19世纪。为使建筑质量不断提高，他们强调中世纪的精神部分超过可视的、物质的概念，而获得观念的、抽象的道德纯粹性，这种思潮被称为工艺美术运动(Arts and Crafts Movement)。这种倾向为20世纪的现代主义(Moclernism)提供了前途。以后展开的在工艺美术运动影响下的20世纪的多样化革新力量所展现的欧美国家的景象，有力地把现代主义推向成熟阶段。所以，本文主要分析20世纪以前在英国展开的工艺美术运动的形式和各个阶段的特征。

A Study on the Medievalism in England Arts and Crafts Movement

This study on the medievalism in England Arts and Crafts Movement. The concept of the medievalism is attitude to revive the social and physical settings in Middle Ages .the England Social atmosphere in the 19th century rejected to be conquered for the powerful Baroque academy under coexistence of Classical and medieval tradition. The Gothic Revival of Arts and Crafts Movement could be discussed very important trend in England at 19th century. The social and spiritual aspects were very important issues in Arts and Crafts Movement. A morality of social structure in the middle Ages was recalled in England Arts in the 19th century. Arts and Crafts Movement can be labeled as Moral Movement. The tendency of the Arts and Crafts was one of movements which lead Modern Architecture in the early 20th Century.