Art Under Plutocracy

Morris, William

A Victorian Socialist Critique of Capitalism, Craft, and the Politics of Beauty

7,50 €

ISBN: 9788027379903

Breite: 15,2 cm

Höhe: 22,9 cm

Gewicht: 57 g

Produktinformationen "Art Under Plutocracy"

Art Under Plutocracy is a forceful lecture-essay in which William Morris argues that art cannot flourish as a luxury commodity for the rich while the majority endure degraded labor and impoverished surroundings. Written in the plain yet impassioned rhetoric of Victorian public address, it joins aesthetic criticism to socialist diagnosis, challenging the separation of beauty from daily life. Its context is the late nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts revolt against industrial ugliness, but Morris presses further: true art requires social equality. Morris was not merely a theorist of beauty but a poet, designer, printer, and activist whose own practice in textiles, furniture, books, and architecture shaped his convictions. His experience with medieval art, craft workshops, and commercial production convinced him that capitalism divided maker from meaning. As a leading socialist in Britain, he transformed Ruskinian moral criticism into a more explicit political argument about labor, class, and the conditions of cultural creation. This book is essential for readers interested in aesthetics, socialism, design history, or Victorian culture. It offers not a nostalgic retreat into handicraft, but a radical claim that beauty is a common human need. Morris's argument remains urgent wherever art is commodified and work is stripped of dignity.

Eigenschaften "Art Under Plutocracy"

Format:	Taschenbuch / Softcover
Thema/BIC:	Kunst: allgemeine Themen
Verlag:	e-artnow

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