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Design in the Age of Darwin - From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright (Paperback, Revised)
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Design in the Age of Darwin - From William Morris to Frank Lloyd Wright (Paperback, Revised)
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Charles Darwin's monumental ""The Origin of Species"", published in
1859, forever changed the landscape of natural science. The
scientific world of the time had already established the principle
of the ""intelligent design"" of a Creator; the art world had spent
centuries devoting itself to the celebration of such a Designer's
creation. But the language of the book, and its implications, were
stunning, and the ripples Darwin made when he rocked the boat
spread outward: if he could question the Designer, what effect
might there be on the art world, and on mortal designers'
renderings of Creation?Published in partnership with the Mary and
Leigh Block Museum of Art to accompany its exhibit, this catalog of
essays and more than fifty color exhibition plates invokes these
two senses of ""intelligent design"" - one from the debates between
science and theology and the other from the world of art,
particularly architecture and the decorative arts. The extensive
exhibition includes furniture, metalware, glassware, textiles, and
designs on loan from public and private collections in the United
States and England. Among the artwork included are items from
William Morris, C. R. Ashbee, Christopher Dresser, C.F.A. Voysey,
Frank Lloyd Wright, and Louis Sullivan. Through these pieces and
the accompanying examinations, the book explores how popular
conceptions of the theory of evolution were used or rejected by
British and American artists in the years that followed Darwin's
publication.
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