"The beauty of life" : William Morris & the art of design / edited by Diane Waggoner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Waggoner, Diane, editor.

Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, host institution.

Thames and Hudson, publisher.

C. S. Graphics, printer, binder.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morris, William, 1834-1896--Criticism and interpretation.

Morris, William.

Morris, William, 1834-1896--Exhibitions.

Morris, William, 1834-1896--Influence--Exhibitions.

Morris, William, 1834-1896.

Morris & Co. (London, England)--Exhibitions.

Morris & Co. (London, England).

Design--Great Britain--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Design.

Arts and crafts movement--Great Britain--Exhibitions.

Arts and crafts movement.

Decorative arts--Great Britain--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Decorative arts.

History.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Exhibition catalogs.

History.

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Manufacture:

Singapore : Printed and bound ... by C.S. Graphics.

Other Title:

William Morris and the art of design

Place of Publication:

New York : Thames & Hudson, [2003]

Summary:

"William Morris, leader of the British Arts and Crafts Movement, was a man of tremendous energies, his accomplishments astonishing in their range and depth. He became successively a poet, embroiderer, pattern designer, calligrapher, dyer, weaver, translator, architectural preservationist, socialist, book publisher and printer. As the head of the internationally successful Morris & Company, he devoted himself to the decorative arts. His influence was wide and long-lasting, on both sides of the Atlantic."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Diane Waggoner

William Morris : a life in design ; Firm : Morris & Company / Pat Kirkham

Stained glass & church decoration ; Decoration of houses ; Art of the book ; John Henry Dearle / Diane Waggoner

Things that might be : British design after Morris / Gillian Naylor

Two sides of the river : Morris & American arts and crafts / Edward R. Bosley.

Notes:

Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name, organized by the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif., and held at the Library, Nov. 8, 2003-Apr. 4, 2004, and at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., Oct. 14, 2004-Jan. 2, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (page 173) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013.

ISBN:

0500284342

9780500284346

OCLC:

52695015