Industrial Revolution and perception of form in England and Ottoman Empire

The main purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the perception of arts and crafts after the Industrial Revolution by taking England and Ottoman Empire as examples. Initially, the perception of arts and crafts before The Industrial Revolution and their relation to each other has been presented. After giving some brief information about The Industrial Revolution, social changes during the development of the industry in England's Victorian Regime have been addressed. In the following section, some information is presented about problems that occurred in the fields of arts/crafts due to industrialization. Further more in to the thesis information is given about people and movements who were trying to bring in solutions to problems and changes. Also, efforts to bring together subjects such as design/ arts/crafts/ with industry are mentioned. In the next section, the Ottoman Empire's efforts for industrialization is discussed while giving information about periods before the Westernization of the Ottoman Empire, also changes during the 19th century are discussed. And lastly an evaluation section is presented.