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Other Works by Walter Crane


  _Crown 8vo, 6s. net each_

  THE BASES OF DESIGN

  WITH 200 ILLUSTRATIONS


  LINE AND FORM

  WITH 157 ILLUSTRATIONS


  THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION
  OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW

  WITH 165 ILLUSTRATIONS




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  IDEALS IN ART

  PAPERS THEORETICAL, PRACTICAL,
  CRITICAL

  WITH TITLE-PAGE, END-PAPERS, AND COVER
  DESIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, AND
  NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS




  LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.




  WILLIAM MORRIS
  TO WHISTLER




[Illustration:

  WILLIAM MORRIS
  TO WHISTLER

  PAPERS AND ADDRESSES ON
  ART AND CRAFT AND THE
  COMMONWEAL

  BY WALTER CRANE

  WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
  FROM DRAWINGS BY THE
  AUTHOR & OTHER SOURCES


  LONDON: G BELL & SONS LTD
  YORK HOUSE PORTUGAL S^T W.C.
  1911
]




  CHISWICK PRESS: CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO.
  TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.




PREFACE


Of the collected papers and addresses which form this book, the
opening one upon William Morris was composed of an address to the Art
Workers' Guild, an article which appeared in "The Progressive Review,"
at the instance of Mr. J. A. Hobson, and a longer illustrated article
written for "The Century Magazine," and now reprinted with the
illustrations by permission of Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons, to
whom my thanks are due.

"The Socialist Ideal as a New Inspiration in Art" was written for "The
International Review," when it appeared under the editorship of Dr.
Rudolph Broda, as the English edition of "Documents du Progrès."

"The English Revival in Decorative Art" appeared in the "Fortnightly
Review," and I have to thank Mr. W. L. Courtney for allowing me to
reprint it. It has some additions.

"Notes on Early Italian Gesso Work," was written for Messrs. George
Newnes's Magazine of the Fine Arts with the illustrations, and I am
obliged to them for leave to use both again.

"Notes on Colour Embroidery and its Treatment" was written at Mrs.
Christie's request for "Embroidery," which she edited, and I have
Messrs. Pearsall's authority to include it here.

"The Apotheosis of 'The Butterfly'" was a review written for "The
Evening News," and I thank the editor for letting me print it again.
It appears now, however, with a different title, and considerable
additions.

"A Short Survey of the Art of the Century" appeared in a journal, the
name of which has escaped me, but it has been largely rewritten and
added to since.

For the rest, "Modern Aspects of Life and the Sense of Beauty" was
originally addressed as the opening of a debate at the Pioneer Club,
in which my late friend Lewis F. Day was my opponent, and my chief
supporter was Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P.

"Art and the Commonweal" was an address to the Students of Art at
Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the paper "On Some of
the Arts allied to Architecture" was given before the Architectural
Association. That "On the Study and Practice of Art" was delivered in
Manchester before the Art School Committee and City authorities, and
the "Notes on Animals in Art" to the Art Workers' Guild in London.

  WALTER CRANE.

  KENSINGTON,
  _September 1911_.




CONTENTS


  PAGE

  WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS WORK                                       3

  THE ENGLISH REVIVAL IN DECORATIVE ART                            47

  THE SOCIALIST IDEAL AS A NEW INSPIRATION IN ART                  83

  ON THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF ART                                105

  ON SOME OF THE ARTS AND CRAFTS ALLIED TO ARCHITECTURE           125

  NOTES ON COLOUR EMBROIDERY AND ITS TREATMENT                    149

  NOTES ON EARLY ITALIAN GESSO WORK                               163

  NOTES ON THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS IN ART                        185

  MODERN ASPECTS OF LIFE AND THE SENSE OF BEAUTY                  207

  A SHORT SURVEY OF THE ART OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,
  CHIEFLY IN ENGLAND, WITH SOME NOTES ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS      223