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2008 | Architecture & Design | Art, Photography & Fashion | Biography
William Morris's many-sided career placed him at the centre of an age and culture he both condemned and shaped. Hailed nowadays as a pioneer of modern design, he was best known to his contemporaries as a poet. A man of immense energy, charm and imagination, Morris learned to turn private grief to public purpose. Having failed as an architect and a painter, he succeeded as a weaver, dyer, calligrapher, printer, businessman, journalist and novelist.
Morris's dedication to making beauty an essential feature of daily life effected a revolution in public taste. A founding father of English socialism, William Morris has also belatedly been recognised as a far-sighted campaigner for conservation and environmental awareness. As Morris's first biographer asserted, he aimed at nothing less than the re-integration of human life itself.
Richard Tames
(Author)
| Published by | Shire Publications |
| Edition | Unknown |
| ISBN | 9780747804352 |
| Language | English |
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