Among these were The Earthly Paradise, much in the manner of the great Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer; The Aeneid of Virgil; and The Odyssey, in the metrical style of the English dramatist and classical translator George Chapman. ... His designs for books and wallpaper brings back the precision and elegance of illuminated manuscripts, and his poems and epics treat medieval themes with a rich imagery and simplicity derived from the ancient epics and sagas. ... His main theme, the relationship between art and morality, was first set forth, and his influence as aesthete and art critic estab...

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