WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The main objection that the contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement had to the Industrial Revolution was that machine-based productivity made artists less creative in their production. The movement was a backlash against this mass production and encouraged more hands-on manufacturing and craftsmanship.

Detailed explanation-2: -New machines, new power sources, and new ways of organizing work made existing industries more productive and efficient. New industries also arose, including, in the late 19th century, the automobile industry. Read more about the effects of the Industrial Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -As machines replaced men and handwork, the quality of craftsmanship and the decorative arts declined. Several skilled artisans lost their position. During the second half of the 19th-century, some leading British personalities rose against the impoverishment of craftsmanship.

Detailed explanation-4: -After the Industrial Revolution, Britain started producing machine-made goods and textiles that were much cheaper than the Indian goods. They were also often better in quality. Indian handicrafts slowly died because they could not compete against the cheaper products from Britain that were flooding the Indian markets.