With the 19th-20th century we saw great innovation with inventors
Photography was apart of that and helped with the burst of design
My greatest aim has been to advance the art of photography - Mathew Brady
Moving Pictures were discovered and used to create frames for animation, the frames would move in a sequence either by a spinning contraption or a flipping contraption to create an animation video.
Animation has since developed further with computer technology
Eadweard Muybridge - created the horse in motion animation, he created it because he wanted to win a bet that when horses gallop both feet lift of the ground
Japonism/Japonisme is a French term coined in the late nineteenth century to describe the craze for Japanese art and design in the West. The great wave of Kanagawa is an example
John Ruskin - a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman and philanthropist of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as art, architecture, political economy, education, museology, geology, botany, ornithology, literature, history, and myth.
William Morris - an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production
Master, Journeyman and Apprentice, the apprentice would join a craftsman and learn how to master that skill, then they become a journeyman after spending so long learning, until finally they become a master, we do something similar today but less tedious and with better working conditions and qualifications.
The Kelmscott Press, founded by William Morris and Emery Walker, published 53 books in 66 volumes between 1891 and 1898. Each book was designed and ornamented by Morris and printed by hand in limited editions of around 300. Many books were illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones.