William Morris et les arts du livre
The last phase of William Morris’s life is associated with the Kelmscott Press, which can be seen as providing a synthesis between his life-long love of books and his equally durable passion for manual methods of production. His sense of beauty, derived from medieval architecture, dictated the choic...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2004-09-01
|
| Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/3314 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1846131809751924736 |
|---|---|
| author | Antoine Capet |
| author_facet | Antoine Capet |
| author_sort | Antoine Capet |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The last phase of William Morris’s life is associated with the Kelmscott Press, which can be seen as providing a synthesis between his life-long love of books and his equally durable passion for manual methods of production. His sense of beauty, derived from medieval architecture, dictated the choices made for the appearance of the books, which in turn dictated the technical choices made by the Press, characterised by extreme attention to detail. He was able to combine his own extensive knowledge of traditional book techniques with the skills of some of the most prominent artists and craftsmen of his time to produce volumes which were the nearest thing to his exacting definition of ‘the ideal book’. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-483a8cf254584fa2ba1fa25f2f60ec6c |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 0248-9015 2429-4373 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2004-09-01 |
| publisher | Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| spelling | doaj-art-483a8cf254584fa2ba1fa25f2f60ec6c2024-12-09T15:26:44ZengCentre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation BritanniqueRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique0248-90152429-43732004-09-0113110.4000/rfcb.3314William Morris et les arts du livreAntoine CapetThe last phase of William Morris’s life is associated with the Kelmscott Press, which can be seen as providing a synthesis between his life-long love of books and his equally durable passion for manual methods of production. His sense of beauty, derived from medieval architecture, dictated the choices made for the appearance of the books, which in turn dictated the technical choices made by the Press, characterised by extreme attention to detail. He was able to combine his own extensive knowledge of traditional book techniques with the skills of some of the most prominent artists and craftsmen of his time to produce volumes which were the nearest thing to his exacting definition of ‘the ideal book’.https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/3314 |
| spellingShingle | Antoine Capet William Morris et les arts du livre Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
| title | William Morris et les arts du livre |
| title_full | William Morris et les arts du livre |
| title_fullStr | William Morris et les arts du livre |
| title_full_unstemmed | William Morris et les arts du livre |
| title_short | William Morris et les arts du livre |
| title_sort | william morris et les arts du livre |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/3314 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT antoinecapet williammorrisetlesartsdulivre |