Films for the Humanities and Sciences

TOPSY: WILLIAM MORRIS

The life of William Morris was a crusade against the ugliness of the Industrial Revolution. In this program, art historian Douglas Skeggs addresses the many achievements of the boisterous and energetic "Topsy," 19th-century Great Britain’s most influential designer, founder of the Arts and Crafts Movement, socialist reformer, and Tennyson’s heir to the position of Poet Laureate—which he declined. Topics from every period of his life are discussed in evocative detail, including his intimate relationships with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, the decorating of Red House, and the founding of Morris & Co. (57 minutes)

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Item#: BVL10954
Copyright date: ©1996
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-2245-8


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