![]() ![]() He also worked with a wide range of other artists on the property, including Burne-Jones who created a selection of stained glass, Dante Gabriel Rossetti who produced painted panels and other elements were designed by Ford Madox Brown, Elizabeth Siddal, and Jane Morris. Built upon a L-plan, Morris designed the windows, employing a number of different types and shapes, to suit the layout and purpose of the rooms. ![]() Following his marriage, Morris built this house with Philip Webb, and the design, materials, and building methods reflected his emphasis on traditional handcrafts and utility. Every element, from the site, which was then a rural setting in Kent on the outskirts of London, to the interior fittings, were designed to create a singular work of art. Mackail wrote, "plain almost to severity, and depended for its effect on its solidity and fine proportion". Innovative in its rejection of any architectural decorative elements, the building's design was, as J. Morris saw the house as "very mediaeval in spirit" and the sloping and overhanging gables, prominent chimneys, and combination of round and narrow vertical windows reflect the influence of early English Gothic architecture. This photograph depicts the exterior of The Red House, named for the red brick used for its walls and the red tiles of its roofing. This association caused the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk to be rejected by many artists after the Second World War. More tragically, some of Wagner's views and work can be seen as forming the foundations of Nazi philosophy and his ideas of traditionalism in music helped to offer legitimacy to the new party. For instance, the Arts and Crafts Movement promoted traditional English craftsmanship. Some of the forms of Gesamtkunstwerk had close associations with nationalism.Concepts of Gesamtkunstwerk were often aligned with the wider values and beliefs of the art movements that adopted it and the collaboration of arts and artists that created Gesamtkunstwerk was viewed as having the potential to create a more equitable and, ultimately, utopian society.Gesamtkunstwerk survives most prominently in architecture, where all aspects of the design interior, exterior and furnishing were created to complement one another and this influence can be seen in the artistic practice of movements including Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Jugendstil, the Vienna Secession, the Bauhaus, and De Stijl. ![]()
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