Anarchy & beauty : William Morris & his legacy, 1860-1960
MacCarthy, Fiona2014
Book
William Morris (1834-96) regarded beauty as a basic human birthright. In this fascinating book, which accompanies a major exhibition, Morris' biographer Fiona MacCarthy looks at how his highly original and generous vision of a new form of society in which art could flourish has reverberated through the decades. In 1860 Morris moved into the now famous Red House at Bexleyheath in Kent. Here his ideas found practical expression in its decoration, undertaken with the help of his artistcraftsman friends Edward Burne-Jones, Ford Madox Brown and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Main title:
Anarchy & beauty : William Morris & his legacy, 1860-1960 / by Fiona MacCarthy.
Author:
MacCarthy, Fiona, authorNational Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), publisher
Imprint:
London : National Portrait Gallery, 2014.
Collation:
184 pages : illustrations (colour)
ISBN:
9781855144842 (hbk)
Dewey class:
709.2
LC class:
NK942.M8
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
273581