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How Did William Morris Use Of Arts

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William Morris 1834 – 1896 William Morris led the Arts and Crafts movement in the 1800’s. Some of his work, like this one pictured to the left, demonstrates the beauty of the simplicity in his work. William Morris was an artist, designer, printer, typographer, bookbinder, craftsman, poet, writer and champion of socialist ideals. He believed that a designer should have a working knowledge of any media that he used and as a result he spent a lot of time teaching himself a wide variety of techniques. He also founded the Kelmscott Press which published high quality hand bound books and was very influential in the revival of the private press. Origin of Arts and Crafts Young London-based architects were inspired by the ideas of John Ruskin and

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