{"product_id":"peacock-and-vine-a-s-byatt-9781784740801","title":"Peacock and Vine","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis enchanting essay, glowing with colour, unlocks the lives, passions and designs of two charismatic artists, Mariano Fortuny and William Morris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis ravishing book opens a window onto the lives, designs, and passions of two charismatic artists. Born a generation apart, they were seeming opposites- Mariano Fortuny, a Spanish aristocrat thrilled by the sun-baked cultures of Crete and Knossos; William Morris, a British craftsman, in thrall to the myths of the North. Yet through their revolutionary inventions and textiles, both men inspired a new variety of art, as vibrant today as when it was first conceived. Acclaimed writer A.S. Byatt traces their genius right to the source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Palazzo Pesaro Orfei in Venice is a warren of dark spaces leading to a workshop where Fortuny created his designs for pleated silks and shining velvets. Here he worked alongside the French model who became his wife and collaborator, including on the 'Delphos' dress - a flowing gown evoking classical Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMorris's Red House, outside London, with its Gothic turrets and secret gardens, helped inspire his stunning floral and geometric patterns; it also represented a coming together of life and art. But it was Kelmscott Manor in the English countryside that he loved best - even when it became the setting for his wife's love affair with Dante Gabriel Rossetti. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGenerously illustrated with the artists' beautiful designs - pomegranates and acanthus, peacock and vine - A.S. Byatt brings the visions and ideas of Fortuny and Morris dazzlingly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A S Byatt","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48782759919859,"sku":"9781784740801","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781784740801.jpg?v=1775008334","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/peacock-and-vine-a-s-byatt-9781784740801","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}