The Green Sheaf – Pamela Colman Smith
Today’s reading of The Green Sheaf prompted a really interesting conversation. Though the periodical is incredibly short (especially in comparison to other periodicals, …
The Green Sheaf – Synesthesia
Definition: Synesthesia or synaesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in …
Colour and Text: No Boundaries?
I was particularly struck by The Green Sheaf and its integration of image and text. Unlike most of the little magazines …
The Pageant and the Merging of Art and Commerce
The creators of The Pageant held in high regard the idea of their magazine being practical and beautiful in equal measure. The …
The Pageant and the Fight Against Ephemerality
It is so interesting to learn about how The Pageant was so similar to The Yellow Book and so different from The …
Exploring Fairytales
I seem to have taken a liking to the fairytale stories told throughout these periodicals. I also did a post on Evelyn …
“The Invisible Princess” and Pre-Raphaelite idealism
In the discussion today on The Pageant’s second volume I found the image “The Invisible Princess” by Laurence Housman super intriguing. We …
The Pageant: The Dial’s Big Sister?
I loved seeing the maturation and expansion of some of The Dial‘s ideas in The Pageant today. The reflective and neurotic self-explication …
The Pageant: Past and Present
I was particularly interested in this mediation between past and present in The Pageant. The catchphrases stood out to me because of …
On Beauty in Practicality and Practicality in Beauty
November 23rd, 2020 In today’s seminar, the “and” in “Arts and Crafts” clicked for me. I had vaguely understood the movement as …