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Fifty Years of Work Without Wages
Charles Rowley
其他書名
Laborare Est Orare
出版Cambridge University Press, 2014-02-06
主題Art / History / GeneralArt / EuropeanArt / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945)Biography & Autobiography / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralSocial Science / Sociology / General
ISBN11080645829781108064583
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ccv1AAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Born in Ancoats, a deprived industrial area of Manchester, Charles Rowley (1839-1933) witnessed what he saw as the degeneration of inner-city life in the second half of the nineteenth century. His family's picture-framing business, combined with his love of culture, brought him into contact with the ideas and personalities associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, notably William Morris. As a social reformer, Rowley was suspicious of organised charity and its tendency to patronise those it tried to support. Through a number of progressive initiatives, he laboured to bring art and culture to working people: the Ancoats Brotherhood, which organised lectures and reading groups, was among the many projects he fostered. First published in 1911, these well-illustrated memoirs present a thoughtful portrait of Rowley's experiences and enthusiasms, touching upon his interactions with such artists as Ford Madox Brown, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt.