John Ruskin, William Morris and Walter Pater: From Nature to Musical Harmony in the Decorative Arts

John Ruskin’s claim that what is essential in all art is to fashion by hand what the eye sees clearly, blurred the divide between the fine arts and the decorative arts. Advocating a renewed experience of nature proper to disclose truth to the beholder, he inspired William Morris with a new form of i...

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Main Author: Martine Lambert-Charbonnier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2020-06-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cve/7277