William Morris’s Flowers (Victoria And Albert Museum) Rowan Bain Thames Hudson Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία Arts Art General

A Passionate Advocate Of Craftsmanship Over Mass-Production William Morris (1834– 1896) Designed Huge Variety Objects But It Is His Highly Original Carpet Fabric And Wallpaper Patterns That Have Continued To Capture The Imagination Exert Their Influence On Decorative Arts Around 600 Such Designs Are Attributed Which Vast Majority Based Natural Forms Including Trees Plants Flowers This Beautifully Accessibly Priced Gift Book Offers Wealth By In Principal Motif Bringing Together Not Only Completed Also Working Drawings Pen Watercolour Examples Pearwood Floral-Pattern Printing Blocks Explores Sources Inspired Morris’s Flower-Based Designs: Own Gardens At Red House Kent Kelmscott Manor Oxfordshire Elsewhere 16Th- 17Th-Century Herbals Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts Late Renaissance Tapestries Range Decorated Particularly From Islamic World Studied South Kensington Museum (Now V A) Authored Rowan Bain Curator Gallery Walthamstow North London Lavishly Illustrated With Almost 100 Colour Illustrations Exquisite Will Both Inform Delight Σελίδες: 144 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0912 Διαστάσεις: 17X17Cm