Essential William Morris

by Iain Zaczek

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

709.2

Publication

Parragon Publishing (1999), Edition: First Edition, 256 pages

Description

This volume examines the work and vision of William Morris, one of the most influential figures in the Victorian and Edwardian art world. It covers the work from his earliest sketches to his intricate wallpaper designs and furniture.

User reviews

LibraryThing member JudithProctor
This is a well laid out book will lovely full page illustrations on every odd-numbered page. The text is interesting and pitches the amount of information just right. It's a dip and browse coffee table book and works very well on that basis.

The irritating thing is that every even numbered page has
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a smaller image which is sometimes related to the large image, but not always. The small images are almost always images that appear elsewhere as full size images and I often found them distracting, especially in the cases where they weren't relevant to the text.

The book is sorted into carpets, textiles, wallpaper, etc, but aren't always in chronological order within sections.

The book irritates me on several levels, but the lovely illustrations make up for a lot of sins.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

256 p.

ISBN

1840845112 / 9781840845112
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