Arts and Crafts was an international design philosophy that originated in England and flourished between 1860 and 1910 (especially the second half of that period), continuing its influence until the 1930s. The philosophy was an advocacy of traditional craftsmanship using simple forms and often medieval, romantic or folk styles of decoration.
In the Unites States, the terms American Craftsman, or Craftsman style are often used to denote the style of architecture, interior design, and decorative arts that prevailed between the dominant eras of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, or approximately the period from 1910 to 1925... [The American] Arts and Crafts style initiated a wide variety of attempts to reinterpret European Arts and Crafts ideals for American. The "Prairie School" of Frank Lloyd Wright... in Chicago, and the bungalow... style of houses popularized by Greene and Greene [in California} are some examples of the American Arts and Crafts and American Craftsman style of architecture.
excerpts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_Movement
