WEEK 10, 04/12/17

Within our last session on Roehampton topics, we investigated Roehampton’s role within the Arts and Crafts movements on Whitelands campus with Gilly King, talking on the effects of key proponents – such as John Ruskin and William Morris – on Roehampton University.

From the set reading, I have learnt about online resources useful to the topic, inlcuding the Victoria & Albert biography of Morris. It has also revealed relevant musuems and socieites within and near London to visit for further information about key proponents such as William Morris Gallery, Brantwood House, and the William Morris Society. Likewise, set reading of reviews of film ‘Effie Grey’ (2014) and BBC tv drama ‘Despreate Romantics’ (2009) has revealed informative and dramatised resources to use. These could also be used in terms of reception of these key figures of the Arts and Crafts Movement as well, especially given the dubbed William Morris lecture threatre within Whitelands College currently.

From our final session on Roehampton project topics, I could research and consider questions relating to the effect of the Arts and Crafts Movement on Roehampton: ‘To what extent did William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement impact and shape Roehampton’s Whitelands and its architecture?’