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Chaos Goblin's avatar

That excerpt about wallpaper being boring made me think of genAI.

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William Collen's avatar

I can see the connection!

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Amy Mantravadi's avatar

People are slagging off William Morris? Then they misunderstand. His greatness was that he took something that IS everyday, boring, repetitive and elevated it to a thing of beauty when the public likely wasn't demanding it.

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William Collen's avatar

Yeah, that quote is one of the most unhinged and bizarre rants I've ever encountered in print. Morris was what I'd call a good kind of avant-garde artist: he wasn't trying to "shock the bourgeoisie" as the French avant-gardists often attempted to do. He wanted to *bless* the bourgeoisie by showing them a better way.

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Bob Kirchman's avatar

The Arthurian Frescoes story reminds me that Leonardo had similar problems painting on walls. His Battle of Anghiari painting had much the same fate.

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