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William Morris, his art, his writings, and his public life : a record (1898)

Vallance, Aymer, 1862-1943 · London : G. Bell · leaf 63

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sary to enable him to make a stand againstthe tyranny of custom, to William Morris is owing thecredit of having initiated, with his Red House, a new erain house-building. Morris set forth his views on the subjeCt of architecturein a paper he contributed to The Fortnightly Reviewin May, 1888. The… … WILLIAM MORRIS 45 to a period long afterthe death of Shelleyand Keats and Scott,architecture could donothing but produceon the one hand pe-dantic imitations ofclassical architectureof the most revoltingugliness, and ridicu-lous travesties ofGothic buildings, notquite so ugly, butmeaner and…

Morris, William, 1834-1896 · Authors, English · Artists

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