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.) Reading ease score: 47.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Art Arts and crafts movement N Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Art 352135 2025-07-02T08:39:38.931066 text/html 346407 2014-09-26T02:23:56 text/html 199999 2025-07-02T08:39:44.509052 application/epub+zip 203668 2025-07-02T08:39:40.795075 application/epub+zip 203668 2025-07-02T08:39:39.659038 application/epub+zip 358179 2025-07-02T08:39:47.433056 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338556 2025-07-02T08:39:43.822068 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 296753 2022-09-02T11:43:38.953366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 337171 2025-07-02T08:39:38.514102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 337314 2014-09-26T02:23:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18602 2025-07-02T08:39:47.662004 application/rdf+xml 12726 2025-07-02T08:39:40.159031 image/jpeg 3654 2025-07-02T08:39:39.909064 image/jpeg 125652 2014-09-26T02:27:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 127503 2014-09-26T02:27:07 application/octet-stream application/zip 196259 2025-07-02T08:39:38.961040 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia