Project Gutenberg 2003-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 151 Morris, William 1834 1896 Morris, William M. Hopes and Fears for Art The lesser arts -- The art of the people -- The beauty of life -- Making the best of it -- The prospects of architecture in civilization. Transcribed from the 1919 Longmans, Green and Co. edition by David Price "Hopes and Fears for Art" by William Morris is a collection of lectures delivered in the late 19th century. The work primarily explores the importance of decorative arts and their relationship to daily life, the labor process, and society as a whole. Morris highlights the need for art to be accessible and meaningful to the general populace, rather than being confined to the elite or existing solely for decorative purposes. The opening of the text sets the stage for Morris' exploration of art and its significant impact on human existence. He emphasizes that while the so-called "greater arts" like architecture, painting, and sculpture may be noble, they have become divorced from the more practical, decorative arts that fill everyday life with beauty and meaning. Morris argues for a reintegration of these arts with daily labor and stresses that the creation of beauty in work enhances the dignity of labor itself. He challenges the current state of art, which he perceives as declining into triviality, and expresses a hopeful vision for the future where art and craftsmanship can regenerate and inspire a collective appreciation for beauty in life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Art Arts and crafts movement N Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society 352012 351906 2024-10-02T09:56:32.204192 2023-10-02T08:49:03.368698 text/html text/html 346407 2014-09-26T02:23:56 text/html 127503 2014-09-26T02:27:07 text/html application/zip 199940 2024-10-02T09:56:38.380190 application/epub+zip 203694 2024-10-02T09:56:34.262185 application/epub+zip 203693 2024-10-02T09:56:32.998197 application/epub+zip 358185 2024-10-02T09:56:41.663145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338556 2024-10-02T09:56:37.617167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296753 2022-09-02T11:43:38.953366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337171 337116 2024-10-02T09:56:31.619235 2023-10-02T08:49:02.981722 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 337314 2014-09-26T02:23:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 125652 2014-09-26T02:27:07 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19603 2024-10-02T09:56:41.788188 application/rdf+xml 12726 2024-10-02T09:56:33.552190 image/jpeg 3654 2024-10-02T09:56:33.272195 image/jpeg 196219 2024-10-02T09:56:32.238210 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia