The Reception of Japanese Prints and Printmaking in Britain, 1890s–1930s by Miya Itabashi

Miya’s work aims to shed a new light on the second-stage Japonisme by considering the British printmakers who adopted Japanese printmaking techniques, tools and materials in the context of the Arts and Crafts Movement, ‘Englishness’, ‘modernity’ and the general rise in interest in domestic interior from the 1890s to the 1930s.

miya.itabashi@network.rca.ac.uk

Unity in the Arts: Exploring the Relationship between Walter Crane’s Political Philosophy, Ideals in Art and Role as an Educator by Louise Collins

Divided into three main chapters; British Socialism in the late-nineteenth century and the growing Arts and Crafts Movement; Crane’s decorative, commercial and political art and thirdly his role as an educator, Louise’s work aims to explore the relationship between Crane’s political and artistic philosophy and the impact of his role as an educationalist.

louise.collins@network.rca.ac.uk