William Morris - art and idealism.(Victorian Values)

From: History Today | Date: May 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Morris under the influence of John Ruskin developed into a socialist, and environmentalist, while at the same time he built a furniture and household goods company that was firmly entrenched in Victorian England. His decorative art and furniture design is still prized today.

For the 150th anniversary of Victoria's accession, History Today published a series of articles examining Victorian Values' through the prism of some of the key individuals of her reign and the ideas and movements they reflected and generated. With the centenary of the great queen's Diamond Jubilee coming up next ...

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