-
Utopia Too
Much like Byrdcliffe, Roycroft was started as a self-contained Utopian community where its founder Elbert Hubbard envisioned a society of artists and crafts people living and working in harmony. It is a lovely place…
-
Ideals
Dragonfly Wallpaper, c.1905 by Zulma Steele, Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony, Woodstock NY, Private Collection. Byrdcliffe was a Arts and Crafts Colony started by Jane and Ralph Whitehead as a Utopian community based on…
-
Grief
Beata Beatrix, 1872 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Art Institute of Chicago. This is a portrait of Rossetti’s wife Elizabeth Siddal that was painted after her death. In it he casts her as Dante’s…
-
A Fantasy
The Bower Meadow, 1850-1872 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Manchester City Art Galleries, UK. Begun in 1850 the background is Knole Park, Kent which he painted out of doors with William Holman Hunt. The Pre-Raphaelites…
-
Stunner
The Day-dream, 1880 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The model in this piece, Jane Morris is the wife of William Morris and it is a widely held belief that Rossetti…
-
Foreshadowing
La Belle Iseult, 1858 by William Morris, The Tate Modern, London. The model for this work is Jane Burden who later became the wife of William Morris and lived with him at Red House.…
-
Beyond Floors and Bathrooms
Detail from Pewabic Pottery tile decoration from the Guardian Building, 1928, Detroit MI. Mary Chase Perry Stratton and her partner Horace Caulkins founded the Pewabic Pottery based on the Arts & Crafts style and…
-
Happy New Year
Here is to a happy and healthy 2021.
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
