The eighteen nineties; a review of art and ideas at the close of the nineteenth century (1922)
Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948 · New York, A.A. Knopf · leaf 275
t is doubtful, however, w^hether the enthusiasm of a groupof artists and enthusiasts for good craftsmanship would havedeveloped into anything approaching the proportions of anational movement had it not been for the practical geniusof William Morris. He gave a fresh turn to the teaching ofRuskin,… … •AGARIA>IDF0RM7VYDAY189^ OtBlC ATLD TO THL WOKKCRS BY WALTLK- CIVAnE ART AND LIFE 245 sionists and the Traditionalists, and the long series of wordyengagements had culminated in the Law Courts whenWhistler brought his famous action against Ruskin. Theresult was a Pyrrhic victory for Whistler.…
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