William Morris, Cultural Leadership, and the Dynamics of Taste
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9625147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Harvey (0000-0003-4231-0202, corresponding author), Jon Press, Morag Maclean (0000-0001-9030-7492) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-271 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007680511000377 |
| OpenAlex | W2099223281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 52 |
This examination of the social processes that inform cultural production asks how tastes are formed, transmitted, embedded, and reproduced across generations. These questions are explored through a study of William Morris, his working methods and products, and their impact on the decorative arts in Victorian Britain and beyond. Through the exercise of cultural leadership, Morris gave physical expression to the ideals and sentiments of Romanticism, and this in turn gave rise to a community of taste reaching across class boundaries and generations. Morrisian products and designs, through the agency of his disciples, became institutionally embedded, emblematic of refinement and good taste. A process model of taste formation is deployed to explore the economic and social dynamics at work in the Morris case and more generally
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |