Sunday, February 20, 2011

William Morris in Iceland




On trips to Iceland in the 1870s, William Morris fell in love with its strange, ever-changing landscape and its traditions of craftsmanship. Fiona MacCarthy on how his travels inspired a new work by composer Ian McQueen

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/mar/27/william-morris-iceland-ian-mcqueen

Thanks to
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/William-Morris/118891181479937

as I'd missed this article

2 comments:

Dragon drawings said...

I wonder if Iceland has legends about dragons, because I believe I have seen a series of Dragon Drawings that were based on an Icelandic myth.

Hermes said...

http://dracopediaproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/icelandic-white-dragon.html