Paperback
1993 · Toronto, ONT
by Lochnan, Katharine A.
Toronto, ONT: Key Porter Books, 1993. Paperback. VG+ never read. Color glossy pictorial glued wraps. xv, 294 pp., approximately 300 plates, half of them in color. Offering a significant review of the achievements of celebrated British artist, poet and social reformer Morris (1834-1896) that also encompasses works by Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, Ford Madox Brown and other figures associated with the Arts and Crafts movement, this catalogue provides reproductions and detailed analyses of more than 200 pieces produced from the 1850s to the 1910s, including textiles, wallpaper designs, stained-glass panels, furniture, ceramics and other decorative works as well as paintings, drawings, prints and books. An overview of Morris's career and a discussion of his broad influence on Canadian art and architecture are followed by a 13-part presentation of the featured works arranged by medium, each section prefaced by a summary essay. Contents as follows: Setting the crooked straight : the work of William Morris / Carole Silver -- Under the spell of Morris : a Canadian perspective / Rosalind Pepall -- Drawings / Douglas E. Schoenherr -- Paintings / Douglas E. Schoenherr -- Glass / Brian Musselwhite -- Stained glass / K. Corey Keeble -- Wallpaper / Katharine A. Lochnan -- Textiles / Linda Parry -- Furniture / Robert Little -- Ceramics / Elizabeth Collard and Meredith Chilton -- Jewellry / Katharine A. Lochnan -- Metalwork / Brian Musselwhite -- Prints / Brenda Rix -- Books / Richard Landon -- Photography / Maia-Mari Sutnik.
(Inventory #: 167920)