In 1884 he helped to establish the Socialist League, editing and contributing to its organ the Commonweal. ... He proposed a form of society in which people could enjoy craftsmanship and simplicity of expression. ... These criteria were interpreted in a variety of styles, ranging from rational and geometric to romantic or naturalistic, Whether abstract, stylized, or realistically treated, the consistent theme in all Arts and Crafts design is nature. ...

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In a way, it might have begun with the Age of Enlightenment and its drive toward a mastery of nature and society, with human reason at the center of everything, since which rationality had been considered the key to justice, morality, control, organization, understanding and happiness. ... It completely changed the way artist used form, style, content, genre, expression, etc. ...

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And for many years abstract expressionism would be the odd end to this quest, at least that is, until young Leo Steinberg took abstract expressionism and with the help of a few other critics opened everyone's eyes to the fact that they had it all wrong. ... One had to step over the line of realism and rationality and into the odd world the critics and artists had created to be able to understand the art finally. ...

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