... regarded as a minor classic of Victorian poetry. Except for these literary endeavors, Morris devoted most of his time to architecture and painting. In 1861 he formed a decorating firm in partnership with Rossetti, the painter Sir Edward Burne-Jones and other Pre-Raphaelite painters. The firm designed and manufactured decorations such as carvings, metalwork, stained glass, and carpeting. These products were noted ... of architecture and its social and historical implications described in The Seven Lamps of Architecture and its sequel, The Stones of Venice. Ruskin was born February 8, 1819...

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