Discussion Questions about Victorian Architecture and Design

Members of English and History of Art 151, Brown University, 2004

• Simplicity of Form and Function in the Work of Christopher Dresser
• Christopher Dresser's Metalwork
• Charles F.A. Voysey's Reactionary Simplicity
• Charles Rennie Mackintosh's "Hill House"
• The Innovation and Legacy of Mackintosh in Furniture Design
• A Study of James Herbert MacNair's Furniture
• C.R Ashbee's Contribution to Social, Industrial, and Aesthetic Reform
• The Liberty Style's Combination of Art and Industry
• The Social and Political Implications of Baillie Scott's Work
• Arts and Crafts Jewelry Design
• Toward a Unified Style: William De Morgan and his Increasing Control of Ceramic Production
• Popular and Applied Arts in the Celtic Revival
• The Medieval Revival: An Influential Movement First Met by Opposition
• Japonaiserie: Discovery, Adoption, Assimilation and Creation
• Augustus Welby Pugin and the Gothic Revival
• Owen Jones and Moorish Design in the Victorian Era
• Innovations of the Future and Designs of the Past: The Wallpaper of the Victorian Age
• Fine Arts in the Celtic Revival
• The Eclecticism of William Burges
• Interior Design in the Victorian Era
• Philip Webb's Red House: Spatial Enclave of the Later Pre-Raphelites
• Peacocks and Dragons: William Morris and his Reworking of PRB Strategies

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