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The Beauty of Life: William Morris and the Art of Design
The Beauty of Life William Morris and the Art of Design Author:Diane Waggoner (Editor) "Beauty, which is what is meant by art...is no mere accident to human life, which people can take or leave as they choose, but a positive necessity of life."—William Morris — William Morris, the leader of the British Arts and Crafts movement, was a man of tremendous energies, his accomplishments astonishing in their range a... more »nd depth. He became successively a poet, embroiderer, pattern designer, calligrapher, dyer, weaver, translator, architectural preservationist, socialist, and book publisher and printer. As the head of the internationally successful Morris & Company, he devoted himself to the decorative arts.
Drawing upon The Huntington's superb holdings -- the largest collection of Morris material in North America -- this book examines the life and work of the designer and of Morris & Company. It contains detailed studies of Morris's stained glass, interior decoration designs, and book publishing ventures, as well as an essay on his successor at Morris & Company, J. H. Dearle. The book also explores the design legacy of Morris and the firm in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries on both sides of the Atlantic.« less