With this brilliant book, Fiona MacCarthy has produced the most important work on Byron in nearly half a century. Lord Byron in all his controversial splendor-the long-awaited, authoritative biography
In this fascinating book, Fiona MacCarthy examines Morrisand#8217 s vision of a society in which art could flourish, and how this idea resonated over the ensuing century.Īnd#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 and#160 Anarchy and Beauty takes the reader through Morrisand#8217 s fascinating career, from the establishment of his decorative arts shop (later Morris and Co.), to his radical sexual politics and libertarianism, and the publication in 1890 of his novel News from Nowhere, which envisions a utopian socialist society.and#160 MacCarthy then looks at the numerous artists and movements that bear the influence of Morrisand#8217 s ideas: Arts and Crafts and the Garden City, which took hold in both Europe and the United States artistsand#8217 communities that sprung up during the interwar years and the 1951 Festival of Britain, whose mission was to bring the highest standards of design within the reach of everyone.
William Morris (1834and#150 1896) was an artist, craftsman, designer, poet, polymath, and visionary thinker.and#160 Well known for advocating that objects of beauty be accessible to all, Morris had a tremendous impact on the British Socialist movement, the Arts and Crafts movement, the Garden City movement, as well as on successive generations of artists and thinkers in Britain and beyond.
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