ARTH 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vellum, Geoffrey Chaucer, Gustav Stickley
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The role of the artist in society. Red house (hired philip webb to build this house for him+ muralist edward city. well) Loved legends. : experimenting new tech and ideas on morris" expense. Reaction against the victorian against (cid:498)more is more(cid:499) Good because furniture takes up less of the space. Layers of artistic engagement (canopy above the built in- Look to vernacular culture: connect inside to outside through stained glass (birds on glass as puppet show) End of career- he was averaging over 200 talks during 5 years. Started morris & co. -alternative design all about the handcraft. point and jewelry as well. Made china, chairs, paintings, stained glass, furniture, tiles, ceramic, need. Chair -adaptation from vernacular english design from mid 1700s. Ebonized wood- fancy finish, making it more popular with rich (luxury) Trellis wallpaper environment at red house. ended up doing wood block printing. Flatness and stylize to it vs. natural morris is still all about the small woodblock print.
