The Letters of Philip Webb

The Letters of Philip Webb
Author: John Aplin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1600
Release: 2022-07-30
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317274652

Philip Webb (1831-1915) was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He was an important figure in the literary and artistic world of the late-nineteenth century. Webb had a long association, both professionally and personally, with William Morris and his family as well as becoming treasurer of Morris's revolutionary Socialist League. They first met as trainees in the same architect's practice and remained collaborators throughout their lifetimes. Webb was responsible for the design of the hugely influential Red House, the Morris's first home. It was through Morris that Webb became connected with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, amongst others. Webb and Morris were also joint founders of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), the first organization to promote conservation rather than intrusive restoration. This comprehensive selection from Webb's surviving letters includes many important and previously unpublished letters to some of his closest associates. They reveal the wide range of his professional and personal interests. These four volumes will be of interest to art and architecture historians, scholars of Victorian history in general and of William Morris and the wider Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts movements in particular.

The Letters of Philip Webb: Letters 1888-1898

The Letters of Philip Webb: Letters 1888-1898
Author: Philip Webb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Architects
ISBN: 9781138761452

Philip Webb was a British architect known as a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and also a key member of the Pre-Raphaelite circle. He had a long association with William Morris and was responsible for the design of the hugely influential Red House, Morrisâ (TM)s first home. Webb's letters will be of interest to art and architecture historians.

Philip Webb

Philip Webb
Author: Sheila Kirk
Publisher: Academy Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2005-04-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This monograph explores the important work of Philip Webb, an influential architect and one of the founding fathers of the arts and crafts movement.

Originality and Initiative

Originality and Initiative
Author: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

When William Morris rented Kelmscott Manor in 1871, the Cotswolds became the centre for both the Arts and Crafts and the Private Press Movements and this is what connects the subjects of the five essays in this book: the printmaker and bibliophile Emery Walker; William and May Morris at Kelmscott Press; the architect-designer Ernest Gimson; Sidney Barnsley the architect and craftsman; and the stained glass artist Paul Woodroffe.This book is the third to be published on the stunning collection of Arts and Crafts objects that are held at the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. Unlike the previous two volumes which focused on traditional decorative arts collections, this book draws on the extensive archive of printed material to explore themes important to both the Arts and Crafts Movement and the Private Press Movement: the importance of design and workmanship, the dissemination of information and the pleasure of books.Using as their resource the Cheltenham archive of drawings, designs and photographic records, together with the Emery Walker Library, the authors provide a fresh look at the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Richard Norman Shaw

Richard Norman Shaw
Author: Andrew Saint
Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

`A masterpiece among architectural biographies'.---Sir Simon Jenkins, Evening Standard --

Who's who

Who's who
Author: Henry Robert Addison
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1898
Release: 1905
Genre: Biography
ISBN:

An annual biographical dictionary, with which is incorporated "Men and women of the time."