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Author
Series
Pelican books volume A521
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[c1962]
Physical Desc
308 p. illus. 18 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Cameron Kids
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"A poetic story about the life and work of William Morris, maker of beautiful, useful things, sure to engage young dreamers and artists alike. William Morris is best known for his colorful wallpapers and textiles, inspired by the English forests and wild foliage where he grew up. But did you know this icon of the Arts and Crafts Movement was also a poet, a painter, a preservationist, an activist, an environmentalist, and a maker of many other beautiful...
13) William Morris
Publisher
H.N. Abrams
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
384 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Flame Tree
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 29 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best, however, from his superb furnishings and textile designs, intricately weaving together natural motifs in a highly stylized two-dimensional fashion influenced by medieval conventions."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
©2005
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A guide to decorating homes in the Arts and Crafts style that describes the elements of the Arts and Crafts aesthetic and profiles the life and work of William Morris, the man behind the Arts and Crafts movement.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xi, 416 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the early 1600s, in a haunting tale titled New Atlantis, Sir Francis Bacon imagined the discovery of an uncharted island. This island was home to the descendants of the lost realm of Atlantis, who had organized themselves to seek 'the knowledge of Causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible.' Bacon's make-believe island was not an empire in the usual sense, marked...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
144 pages : color illustrations, portrait ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834- 1896) designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his highly original carpet, fabric and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the imagination and exert their influence on the decorative arts. Around 600 such designs are attributed to Morris, of which the vast majority are based on natural forms, including trees, plants and flowers. This beautifully designed,...
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